The Doppler Effect

Quaker Invitational at UPenn
Originally uploaded by btan87

I can’t believe the year is almost over; my first year of college and two seasons of NCAA division 1 track and field are soon to end. I’ve felt this feeling recently more than ever seeing as I’ve been traveling to Pennsylvania for two consecutive weeks now. I’ll more than likely be there again this coming weekend, and hope to earn a trip to the Penn Relays (kind of a big deal), the week after. That’s a lot of Pennsylvania in one month!

As you can tell, track consumes essentially all of my life. This season has been pretty rough, both physically and mentally. Despite always hearing upperclassmen and coaches say that most freshmen should consider it a great season to equal their high school performances, it’s frustrating to be as far off as I am now. Granted these two seasons (plus fall training) have totaled more than three full high school seasons. Hopefully next year will go as coach says it should.

Hopefully this weekend I can drop some significant time off the performances I just posted at Ithaca College…

I hope everyone else’s year has gone well, and I look forward to seeing everyone as school draws to a close and summer begins. Although I have yet to secure any plans this summer, has anyone else?