TOMORROW!!!!
I apologize for the lack of posts the past two days but I've been incredibly busy trying to get ready for this trip. I'm right now sitting in JoshO's (and Jason "Meat" Donlin's) guest room in Albany, NY. I took the train to Poughkeepsie today and JoshO picked me up there and then we drove from there to Albany. It was a 90 mile drive and we passed 19 accidents in those 90 miles. The "Nor'easter" that is passing through will make the drive up to Lake Placid tomorrow far from pleasant. We were hoping for a "Southwester" but unfortunately the "Nor'easter" decided to rear its ugly head.
In an unrelated note, I ended up partying with Shavlik Randolph and JJ Redick Friday night downtown in Philly. For anyone who doesn't know me or my life they are both former Duke basketball players who are now in the NBA so it was a story that I'll be telling for ages.
Sitting in this chair, less than 24 hours from my first run, I find myself decidedly not that nervous about the actual tryout. I'm sure the butterflies will come, but right now it's smooth sailing for me and my stomach. I'm more worried about what it will be like living there for a week. Will I get along with the other athletes? Will they have clean facilities? Do they have internet access? None of my worries are actually about the sport or the tryout, just everything else I'll be dealing with. I'm sure it will all work out and I'll have a great time though.
I'd like to go ahead and thank everyone who has helped me along the way, be it actual trainers, my financial sponsors (read: parents), or anyone who has ever wished me luck or made a facebook group about me (read: JoshO). I was truly surprised at how supportive my family and friends were and I will not soon forget it. No matter how this tryout turns out, I'm supremely grateful for the many different ways my support network has helped me. Above anyone else, I'd like to thank my parents. I don't think many kids have the fortune of being raised in a household whose parents support you unconditionally through both your worst nightmares and greatest dreams. I love you both, thank you.
This week promises to be epic regardless of the outcome. We don't know what will happen, or what my future holds, but I'm very confident that I'm ready and prepared for whatever lies ahead. I'm ready for anything, but prepared for glory.
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I just read your entire blog from start to finish. You are probably having trouble going to sleep tonight, but I wish you the best of luck in the coming days. What kind of track spikes were they? I'm extremely interested. You'll be able to run at least 999999 times faster with track spikes. What size/shape of spike have you decided upon? Which is most common for this sort of this?
If you happen to see John Candy in Lake Placid, tell him I say hello. I offer you one of his quotes before your big day. "Our Father, who art in Calgary, bobsled be thy name. Thy kingdom come, gold medals won, on Earth as it is in turn seven..." Now just change a few words and your in.
kick ass benny
Ben is currently in my bathroom, getting hair all over the sink.
I also just read your entire blog from start to finish. I'm seeing Brigid this weekend so i'll make sure to tell her that you didnt completely lie to her almost three years ago when you told her you were going to be in the 2010 Olympics. Its funny how when you were making up that story you had to look up the site of those Olympic games... i'm guessing you wont ever forget that little fun fact. Best of luck this week.
Is it weird that Vinny got so excited over really weird and, from what i can gather, ugly shoes. I wonder if they make two different colors of the same style so you could wear one on each foot.
LU $
Listen Lu$ (MY invention), all of the track spikes I ever owned were, by your standards, "ugly." Like Paula Tankera "ugly," but anyway, I've found that the uglier/more hot the shoes are, the more intimidating they are. After all, you have to be really confident to wear such ugly shoes. I had neon yellow spikes and then I switched to purple with neon orange stripes. They do the same in wrestling. I bet Ben gets there and he sees a horde of ugly shoes. But it won't matter; his are the ugliest, and he will win.
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