I started this blog to document my journey in the world of professional pole vaulting. I figured there's no real better way to do that than to start at ground zero. I just finished my 2010 season, graduated from IU, and began my professional career with Team Indiana Elite/Brooks. The real challenge lies ahead of me in 2011. I will be staying in Bloomington, IN to train with my coach, Jake Wiseman and compete for Brooks and T.I.E. I have changed strength coaches, and am getting geared up to begin working with Wil Fleming, an amazing strength trainer and part-owner of Force Fitness and Performance. We already have a plan in place to get me ready to compete only a few times indoors this year, with a focus on the May-September season. Right now I'm sitting around my apartment on IU's campus, mostly enjoying my time off but itching to get back to work. My first day of lifting with Wil is going to be on August 30th. I won't begin any real running workouts until late October, but will be doing strides a few times a week and some 2-3 left vault work every few weeks to keep the muscle memory going. Anyway, I'm excited about the progress that is yet to come, and to prove it I'm going to post a photo of the run goal board that I made for myself yesterday. Keep in mind these are my ultimate 2011 goals, and while some seem lofty, I hope I'm not the only one that thinks they are also realistic! The columns that I used are approach distance in total steps, current run PR, which pole and grip I jumped that PR on, my goal PR from that approach, and which pole and grip I believe I can jump that bar on. You can also see video of all of those PR's besides my 2 left PR on the link bar on the right! Enjoy!
Anyway, for those of you that already saw that on my twitter or facebook, sorry for the repeat, but I hope that gives you an idea of what the goals are for the year! Anything can happen! Anyway, I hope to blog regularly in the future about my training and competing, and I hope people will follow along on my journey!
Jeff
The fact that your 3 left PR is better than my full approach PR just eats me up.
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