Its time to go to work.

 

I am almost on my way to Europe! I have a couple more races in the US and then I am jet setting.  I guess before I address all that. I wanted to talk about the past couple of months.

 

    As soon as I caught my flight out of Mexico on the 26th of April, I was racing two days later at Penn relays. Not only was this a great transition to racing, but it was a great introduction to the outdoor mind set. If you didn't get a chance to see the races check them out (my teammates Leo Manzano and David Torrence were the anchors)

 

Penn Relays DMR part 1

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klL0fU4FPBg) I am in this one

 

Penn Relays DMR Part 2

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT-rVeU9HOU)  Leo, Torrance

 

      We came in second to Team Kenya in the final steps of the race. I felt pretty good, feeling Alfred Yego passing me in the first 200, I thought it was going to be a LONG race.  Despite being beaten by Yego on my leg of the race. I know that I have the ability within me... just got to keep on working!

 

    Fast-forward to two weekends ago, I raced at occidental college right outside of Pasadena. This meet really did not represent the hard work that I have been putting in. I did not get out like I had wanted to and overall was not satisfied with the effort that I displayed that day. I definitely noticed that I did not feel race savvy or in the race mentally.  Ultimately, that weekend made me realize that I need to get in gear and make some adjustments.

 

     Aside from the traveling and setting future travel plans, I am in Austin. I'll soon be heading out of town on June 10th for a big meet in New York, then to North Carolina for training till USAs, then to Prefontaine, and wont  come back until the  July 4th –July 7th. Then I will be gone till September with our travels over to Europe.  From what I've gathered from others in the group we will be staying 20 miles Northeast of Amsterdam in Castricum. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castricum). We may possibly stay with some guys from the Netherlands who we met in Mexico at the training camp, so I'm super pumped. 

 

     My feelings are still the same toward my training and my focus is clearer than ever. I am very happy with how I am able to handle some of the workouts that are thrown at me. Also,I couldn’t speak more highly of the training group that I am in.  Furthermore, I couldn’t be happier to get the experience of racing abroad (since my travel abroad only consists of going to Mexico and Kingston, Jamaica, which by the way hit the news under a darker headline - http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/05/29/jamaica.violence/index.html?iref=allsearch )

 

Kinda crazy.

 

Other than that, I am just trying to figure out where I am going to put all of my furniture, where I am going to sign a lease for the next year, and trying to tie up all the loose ends before I leave. Alsoooooo,  I am planning to attack a new business venture (hopefully), it is in the process. I hope it really takes off, but I won't talk too much about it until it hits the World Wide Web. So,Stay tuned.

 

Let me know if there is anything I can answer for anybody. Thanks a lot for following our journey this season and more importantly, taking interest in my career.  There is a lot of work to be done!

 

Thanks!

 

J.Hern


PS. Back to the Aluminum Package with sprint !
Pss. Ill do a better job @ my schedule, slacking.