Rangers Lead the Way

After three months or so of training to get myself back into sprinting form I benched myself. This time however, it was one of the toughest decisions I have made to date. I set a goal of staying healthy through the season and I didn’t even make it through one race. It was frustrating beyond belief. I took a while last Friday deciding whether or not racing would be worth it. I texted one of my closest friends and even went for a run to help me decide.

By the end of the night I knew running would not be a smart decision for the future health of my season. It was a difficult decision but it was a decision that I needed to make. I just hope that this will not be how the rest of my season is going to be.

Over the course of the year I have left all of my posts with “No Regrets”. I’ve thought about that a lot these past couple of weeks thanks to the injury that has sidelined me to this point. I’d like to say I live with no regrets. There are some things that I think many of us stress to much about and let get to us. I’ve always tried to be a more laid back kind of person, being go with the flow was kind of my thing. Yet, as time went on and I started to injure and re-injure myself I was forced to take a look at how I was training, competing and living on a daily basis. I changed everything constantly looking for the best result. I’ll be honest with you, I still haven’t found my best result if I knew the one key to success I’d tell you but my 55 time speaks for itself when I say that I haven’t found my best situation.

With potentially so little time left with this sport I’m doing all I can to make my last races memorable. It’s a difficult task when I don’t know when I will be able to compete. It could be two weeks from now, it could be four. With my history with this hamstring I’ve learned that nothing is fully complete. I was naive when I thought all my problems were cured when I left PT for the final time. That was just the beginning.

I really wish I had the opportunity to help this team. With the injuries and my history with speed it doesn’t look good for my chances in scoring throughout this season. That’s something I’ve always wanted to do but I’ve never really been able. I blame the injuries but I didn’t really have much going into this either. I just don’t want to be dead weight for a team with such tremendous potential.