28 days from now...and I can't wait!
Unfortunately, the enigmatic Philly weather decided to toy with my training and last Wednesday it went from 67 degrees and relatively sunny as I walked in to my training, to 43 degrees and raining when I walked out. That night an ice storm came through and it prevented me from training on Friday.
Since I had some extra rest time, including a little St. Patrick's Day celebration with some of my good friends, Eric felt it prudent that today be a little bit of a punishment to whip me back into shape. We had an intense day of power work with tire flips, sledgehammer swings, hitting a heavy bag with a bat, and medicine ball throws both up and down. Not to mention sled-pulling, which naturally turned my legs into jello. The good part about this is that Eric has noticed marked improvement in my strength and, while the sled pulls and everything may hurt, it will only make me that much more explosive on my starts. We finished the session with 300 different types of crunches with Eric showing me even more punishing variations on the ones I know. I love it. We are training Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week and on Thursday we will be timing my 30 meter and 40 yard dashes. I'm really eager to see what I get because my hamstring is feeling great and I've lost a decent amount of weight the past week (even with the wing-eating from this weekend). I'm also going to ask my Dad to take some pictures of the training facility and of some of the workouts I do so I can post them up on the blog. He's been bugging me to let him watch my training so I figure he can help out while he's there.
On another note- I'd like to extend a huge thank-you to my lovely cousin Jamie Lieb Arslanian. Jamie has been either interning or working for SEI Investments the past couple of years and realized that Denise Bernotas-the sister of the current US Skeleton Champion Eric Bernotas- worked at SEI with her. Jamie e-mailed Denise and the two of them put Eric and I together. I'm now corresponding with him regularly through e-mail asking him around a million questions about the sport. Mainly-is it noticeable if you pee your pants during a run? Also, can the spectators see your tears and hear your screams of horror during the race? He's been very helpful and I'm very grateful to him for his advice. However-it couldn't have been done without the help of Jamie and Denise. Thank you both so much!
In related news-the US Bobsled and Skeleton Team just captured the World Cup Season title with 45 medals over the course of the season. The USA team is now considered the top team in the world and if their success continues they will be the team to beat in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Check out their website at www.usbsf.com and click on the video-it's exciting. Zach Lund captured the World Cup Skeleton title while Eric B. came in 2nd. U-S-A! U-S-A!
More later this week-don't be afraid to post!
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You could not be my son! Anyone who thrills to 300 sit-up variations at the end of a grueling workout could not possibly be related to me! Seriously, I am in awe. Keep it up.
Love, Mom
Jamie -- I'm onto you. I know you are trying to slowly replace me in the family. First, you move to Phila and live in my room for a while. Second, you go to my mom's surprise party when I can't. Third, you "miraculously" find someone related to a skeleton racing champion to introduce Ben to. Exactly how much did you have to pay this "Denise" again?
Ben -- watch out for the trap that this wilely Arslanian has set.
Hey man I have been thoroughly enjoying your blog. It's really incredible to follow along through this process and I wish you the best of luck. Can't wait for the next time you come back to Durham to visit. Any idea when that might be?
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