2009 World Championships of T&F Predictions

I really hope no one takes this personal...this is what I think will happen based off of what it is that I know and have seen.

Mens - 100m

1. Tyson Gay (just looks great right now)
2. Usain Bolt (I think is too overly confident & isnt taken competition serious)
3. Daniel Bailey (has been getting better & better)
**keep an eye on Mike Rodger... has a chance to surprise for 3rd if he runs the rounds correctly
**I do think 3rd is wide open here!

Womens - 100m

1. Kerron Stewart (seems to have found herself in this event)
2. Carmelita Jeter (should win but history isnt on her side)
3. Lauryn Williams (shows up when it matters)
**as much as I love VCB I think she comes up short :(
**Muna may surprise for 3rd

Mens - 200m

1. Usain Bolt (will regain focus and win this one)
2. Tyson Gay (will run well but come up a little short)
3. Wallace Speamon (only if he gets a good start & runs the damn turn correctly...if not Crawford will be 3rd)

Womens - 200m

1. Allyson Felix (untouchable right now I believe in this event)
2. Veronica Campbell-Brown (close battle but takes 2nd)
3. Muna Lee ( wind aided my ass...22.13 out of lane 1 is f'n flying!
**I think this may be the first time in a while if ever we see 3 ladies go sub 22
**Debbie runs great but gets 4th...I still love you!

Mens 400m -

1. Lashwan Merritt (this guy is getting older and wiser dont see him losing)
2. Jeremy Wariner (getting back to running the way he has but doesnt quite get it here)
3.Chris Brown (as long as he doesnt try to run a Pr in the first round)
**anyone else gets top 3 I will be surprised

Womens 400m

1. Shericka Williams (has got faster and faster thru the year)
2. Sanya Richards (favorite yes and should win...but what does the past show)
3. I honestly cant call this one here...sorry but where is Christine Ohuruogu?

Mens 110h

1. Terrence Trammell (if healthy, only person that can run that second half as needed to win)
2. Dayron Robles (close finish but comes up just short)
3. David Payne (until he shows me he "cant" get a medal...
**Where is the china man! LOL

Womens 100h

1. Dawn Harper (Bobby Kersey has coached the winner of each major hurdle final since 2004
2. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Running fast and constant)
3. Damu Cherry (Finally gets that medal...so close last year)

Mens - 400h

I honestly cant do this event...Sorry LMAO

Womens - 400h

1. Lashinda Demus (as long as she aint out of gas)
2. Melaine Walker (runs great but Demus is on a mission)
3. Williams, Danvers, Tosta, Jesien...toss it up in the air and catch a name.

Mens 4x100

1. USA (only if they run this relay in this order and dont drop the stick...Crawford, Gay, Patton, Rodgers)
2.Jamaica (whoever anchors wont catch the USA if they do what I said)
3. Trinidad (much speed but not enough to catch the others)

Womens 4x100

1. USA (only if they run this order...Williams, Felix, Lee, Jeter
2. Jamaica (only because of the lean at the tape)
3. Russia or Poland

Mens 4x400

1. USA (even if they drop the stick they win)
2. Bahamas
3. Great Britain

Womens 4x400

I will keep this short...If Russia or Jamaica put out 4 legs that are ready to roll the USA women will lose. I dont think they deep enough this time around. If they run Dunn, Felix, Hastings, Richards they have a chance and it will be close like last year. So...

1. USA
2. Russia
3. Jamaica

Drugs Again...Really? LOL

Since I have stepped down I have seen on television and read in news articles that there have been more names to surface in the MLB and around 5 T&F athletes from Jamaica to come out in track and field with PED's. Is this a surprise to me...of course not! Like I have said in the past I know what I know and even though it might not be able to prove it, I still know. I have also read many message boards where people have things to say about me that make me laugh and I thank you for that. However, I have never been the type of person to say something that is false to make myself feel better about something that I just can not do. If I can not I will simply say, "I can not." If I get beat I will say, "I got beat." A few years ago I stopped shaking hands after races and sometimes even saying anything because it was hard to tell if winners were cheaters. I didn't mean any disrespect but sometimes it is hard to tell.

When someone does something "amazing" it is always exciting to see. I mean who doesn't like an amazing performance? But it is for that reason that PED's exist in not only T&F but in sports as a whole. People pay to see "amazing" People pay to see "wow" People pay to see "Oh my God!" If people went to any type of sporting event and didn't see that they would feel as though it was boring and or even a waste of there money and time. So how do you keep fans coming back? That's right...you have to create amazing, wow and oh my God! It exist everywhere and the natural athlete that has worked hard from the time they started training after they have taken a break from the previous season to the end of the next season will always suffer and miss out on what they could have had because of this.

Decision on Next Move...

In this last week I have got a few phone calls and have been informed that people have interest in me in a number of different areas which is kind of shocking to me. From coaching to manager to just business itself and it makes me feel really good and better about my decision. I didn't have a plan "B" so to speak when I said what I said about being done (which still doesn't contain the word "retire") because I actually took a week to analyze what I said and if it meant what I wanted it to mean. Well of course people are not going to understand your every word. If I doctor starts speaking about surgery he just performed...I may understand some of what he is saying but not everything. That is how I feel about my last interview. If I get in front of another microphone I will try to go into detail and try to make more in depth sense of what I was saying. If not then hey I could care less what people think, what & who I am talking about.

So now I am going to start looking and entertaining some of these opportunites that have been brought to my attention. I think its great that I have been able to do something that I loved doing for the past 10 years and made a decent living out of it. Not many people can say that they have traveled the world and have seen many things that the average person may never get to see. An inner city baltimore born kid grew up to see the world and got paid doing it...LOVELY!!! Well time to make moves and start on this new chapter.

Another Day...More Of The Same

These last few days have been pretty interesting. I have had people I know and people that I dont know criticize me on the decision I have made over and over. Some telling me to keep running and some that understand totally what I mean in what I say and also how I feel. To understand I think you have to first understand the sport of track and field which I don't even consider and sport anymore on the professional level. I think the sport has become more like the WWE. Now dont get me wrong I love the WWE and have been a fan since I was about 6 years old but at least the WWE doesnt front like its "real wrestling" The "E" in WWE is for entertainment. I honestly think that every sport entertains but to a certain degree. T&F like I have stated before always has someone doing something spectacular. I wish I could bet on track like the horse races. You know go to the meet...see what the odds are...see the athletes while they warm up and prepare...and then bet money on who I thought would win based on all those factors and what they have done earlier that year. I would be rich! :) I would be calling shots like an open white man in the NBA...LMAO!

**Side note...As I am writing this I am watching ESPN talk about Ron Artest may be going to the Cavs. The NBA has put so much into making LeBron the best...they are basically trying to give him a team that will be impossible to lose with. I mean can they be anymore blatent? I mean he is a great basketball player but he is no Jordan...No one is! But the NBA wants him to win so bad...cant you tell?

Lets End All The Speculation...

On Sunday I did the interview with the people at Flotrack and since then I have got phone calls, emails, messages on facebook, twitter and myspace about what I said and if I was really going to retire. First things first...Who really retires from track and field? Retirement is (and this comes straight from Wikipedia) the point where a person stops employment completely. I am 31 and there is no way that I can just stop being employed completely! Secondly...where did the word retire come from? I never used that word in that interview. I said that was the last time you would see me run the 400H event. I then also said how long I had been running as well as my contract being up at the end of the year with my sponsor. Not to mention I added that I was going to be 32 years old next year and didn't think a sponsor would want to sign me because they may think that I am too old to invest enough money in me that would allow me to live and train the way I need to. I also said if a sponsor believed in me from day 1 then I would continue and or became a multi event athlete.

Look at it this way...If you have a job and your contract with the company you working with ends, would you continue to work the job and not get paid? Of course not! You would go and find something else to do to make ends meet. I don't know how to be more simple and plain about it. I also said that I was tired of competing against drugs. You know what...I think back and I should not have said that and at first I wasn't going to. If I didn't I would not be the person that I am and that is honest about everything that I do and straight to the point. That is how I feel, I know what I know and if anyone reading this thinks that track and field is getting cleaned up more then what it was then you either don't pay enough attention, don't care or just don't know any better.

"The game never changes...only the players" Yes I said that and its a true statement. Look at any other sport. First there was Dr. J...then Magic and Bird...then came Jordan...then came Lebron and Kobe. There is always going to be someone that steps up and becomes the "next hot thing" Now those players don't have anything to do with drugs (as far as I know) but its the same type of cycle in track and field. I am not calling names out but there is always someone that's great in an event for a while and then once that athlete starts to fade...here comes a new face almost out of NOWHERE to start kicking every ones ass for the most part. Are these new faces always dirty...of course not but I would bet my career and all my achievements that this sport is just as dirty as it was when Balco was up and running.

There will always be people trying to gain an advantage in sports because you have people out there that are after the big time contracts and as much money and fame as they can get. Is it really all worth it? Lets just see what happens when some of these athletes turn 45-50 years old and they start dropping dead or having a bunch of health problems. Live your life the way you want to live it but working hard everyday, fighting injuries and fatigue all the time, missing out on spending time with your family, traveling, losing out on sponsorship, money and being recognized for all of you hard work because of the dishonesty of others you have to see all the time and compete against...You can miss me with all of that...I have had enough! My life will not be justified by track and field. I am more then that.

By the way...for all the people on the message boards that have an opinion about who I am and what I have done in my life, open your bibles to John 8:1-11 and read that. After you done reading that ask yourself if James Carter really cares what you think of him? I made one mistake in my entire track career and you want to hold that over my head forever. Well I tell you what...you hold on to that and I will keep doing what I am doing and that's being the best me that I can be while waiting for the only judge that matters to judge me and that's God. To all the people that have supported me and wished me well through the ups and downs I really do appreciate it. Thank you much and please continue to support the sport of track and field especially the clean hard working athletes.

The Realist Interview I Ever Gave...

Have you ever just come to a point in your life that you just feel like there is nothing more that you "want" to do with what it is that you are currently doing? Well that is how I felt after I ran this weekend. Its a dirty job and someone has to do it...but it will not be me!

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

Someone In Track & Field Doesn't Like Me...AND HERE IS PROOF!!!

Here is proof someone just doesn't like me...Prepare yourself!!! Now I am not saying someone at Nike doesn't like me but this sure doesn't make sense...

I asked a question years ago when I saw Felix Sanchez wearing a custom track spike while running. My question was...

James - "What does an athlete have to do to get those?"

John Doe - "You have to get a medal."

At that point I said OK I want a medal and my own shoes! So I went after a medal and didn't get it in 2004 but in 2005 I finally made the award stand at the World Championships. This is Nike I am talking about. No other athletes from other companies shall be listed...

2004 400H medalist
Felix Sanchez - Gold (custom spikes)
Naman Keita - Bronze (custom spikes)

2005 400H medalist
Bershawn Jackson - Gold (custom spikes)
James Carter - Silver (NEVER HAD A SPIKE MADE)
Dai Tamesue - Bronze (has custom spikes)

2007 400H medalist
Kerron Clement - Gold (had spike before medal was won in 2006)
Felix Sanchez - Silver (had custom spikes)

2008 400H medalist
Angelo Taylor - Gold (has his own spikes)
Kerron Clement - Silver (ref. 2007 year medalist)
Bershawn Jackson - Bronze (ref. 2005 year medalist)

Is it just me...You be the judge

Penn Relays 2009

You know I have been to Penn Relays almost every year since I was a freshman in high school back in 1993. My second year I ran on 2 relays and finished 2nd in the 4x1 championships of America. I won my first Penn Relays watch in that race and then another one the following year. I had then moved on to college at Hampton Univ. where I ran the 400 hurdles and won that as well in 1999. Penn Relays to me is the biggest and most exciting track and field meet that is held in the USA with the nationals following a very close 2nd. This year I was told that I was invited to run the 4x400 relay at Penn and after 2 years of not being invited I was happy to get the chance to go back and perform there once again.

This meet isn't just about running...you get the chance to see all of your track buddies that you don't get the chance to see as much because everyone lives in different places as well as old friends that are no longer running but still involved in the sport and for some who ran in high school you get to watch your high school with the younger generation athletes take a shot at running against some of the best athletes in the USA and some from Jamaica that come to compete. Not to mention who wouldn't want a Philly cheese steak!!! OK after saying all that here is my point of writing because this is what I do to vent sometimes...

When I got to Philly I had in my mind that I was going to get bumped down off the relay and probably was going to run the DMR (distance medley relay)because last year I was hurt and there were a lot of people that were there that had recently either did well at the games or ran good this year. My coach was called before I got to Philly and he and I both were under the impression that I was running "something" and my manager was as well. 8:30pm comes around and we have a meeting and of all the people in the meeting my name is not called to participate in ANYTHING! Now like I said I was prepared to run something else but then when that not running ANYTHING hit I was so pissed off!

Now the reason wasn't that I was taken off the relay because first and for most I am a 400 hurdler "1st"...but I had other things that I could have done that weekend and since I am a Nike athlete I "HAD" to be there (its in our contracts) I have 2 kids I could have spent some time with, my great uncle had passed and funeral was Saturday, I could have trained though that week and prepared for the 400 hurdles some more, I could have went to Penn Relays and helped out with the UNC chapel hill track team that I volunteer coach for...Basically I could have just done some other sh!t instead I was jerked around and no one gave me a reason. I asked the coaches that were in on the decision and they say ask Duffy Mahoney...I asked him he said ask the people at Nike...my manager called them and they said Duffy made the final calls. Why is it that I always get screwed but no one can give me an answer as to why?

I don't think I know anyone that likes having their time wasted. And the only thing that came out of this was that I got confirmed into another meet because I couldnt run at Penn. This meet is the Nike Prefontaine Classic that is held every year in memory of the late great miler. I was already confirmed in the Adidas track meet in Carson, CA and the Reebok meet in NY. Wait a second...who sponsors me again? How could I get into those meets but not the meet that the company I am sponsored by pretty much runs?

I think I have come to a conclusion...I think that in my time as an athlete that I have pissed someone off or that someone is mad at me for something. Now I don't really have that many enemies and if I have more then I know then oh well...but someone somewhere just doesn't like me. I honestly wish I knew who this person was so I could go and ask them what exactly the problem is so I would understand why they are upset with me and then give them a "REAL" reason to be pissed off and upset at me ya punk bastards!

So much happening right now...

1. Final 4! I picked the Tarheels to win it all and they still in it...GO HEELS!!!
2. I am officially 100% single with nothing...hold on...!NOTHING! That means no one in my life on that level right now and I am not looking. Just having friends right now is OK with me.
3. Outdoor track has started and I felt great until I was working out and hit a hurdle which sent me to the turf (it was raining so I ran inside) and scratched up both my kneecaps :(
4. I will be running at Penn Relays for the first time since 2006...
5. My 1996 honda accord is at 189,000 and still rolling!
6. My CPU went down and I lost a music folder with about 15GB of acapella's and quotables.
7. I have been trying to eat right. Matter fact I drove past Krispy Kreme twice last week and the hot light was on and didnt stop...I'm trying very hard to eat right during the season but WHY DOES THOU TEMPT ME!?

What is Twitter.com

I saw this while P. Diddy was getting interviewed on Ellen (dont ask why I was watching) but he mentioned it and it seems like the next big thing that people will jump on like myspace and facebook. I joined and right now it seems to be just starting so for those of you who are like me that always jump for something new...check it out.

Is It Really Peace?

When I first heard about the Chris Brown and Rihanna story I was not at all shocked because things like this happen unfortunately every day. What I was shocked about was the fact that after all was said and done, she actually went back to him. It made me think a little because I like most people saw the picture of her and was like DAMN HE WOOPED HER ASS! What I realized is that she must have felt responsible for why things went the way that they did and it has not been the first time. Its usually not the first and it might not be the last...hopefully it will but more then likely not. I for one can understand a woman is going to at some point get on your nerves and you thinking you wish she would just shut the f--- up and even wanting to just do something to them but to actually do it is something totally different. I don't condone it but I understand it. Got to control your inner Ike Chris LOL!

KILLZONE 2

Hopefully the people that follow me on here or that know me know that I am a big video gamer. I was introduced to the game Killzone back in 2005-2006 by some track buddies and was hooked for about a year! The long awaited part 2 came out this past weekend and I have to say it is great. Not really big on PS3 at the moment but it is slowly making a move in the video game world. I am about to check out Little Big Planet as well. I was told it is a lot of fun and something even your girlfriend might enjoy playing. I was told it is the Mario Brothers type game for the PS3. By looking at this pic below...I would take a look and go "what the hell?" but if I hear it from more then one person then it usually means the reviews are true.

My Money Does Not Equal Your Money

This I just had to share....

My girldfriend (well I dont know if she is anymore) offered to do a big favor for me. I had somethings to return to the store but was going to be out of town and a little busy. She told me that she would return them for me and I said ok thanks. I jokingly told her to buy me something with the money that she got back but she said, "what I look like spending money on you with your money?" I was like, "OK just give the money back to me when I get back." Her response was, "OK."

Now between us having a fight about something very silly and me spending time with my kids FINALLY (no thanks to my baby momma...shot out to the judge YESSIR) I totally forgot that she did this for me. So the money that she got back from returning the stuff to the store she held on to. A few days ago she asked me to buy something at the store for her and I was down to do that. As we walk in the I give her the money and say to her just go get it. While we are in the store it come to my attention that HEY SHE HAS THE MONEY FROM THAT STUFF STILL! So I tell her, "Hey give me that money back and just use the money from the return you did." She looked at me like huh? At first I was like, "no she didnt..." but what she said next made me damn near fall out in the middle of the store. She said, "No I dont want to use that money for this...I am saving that money." WHAT!?!? How can you save my money? I guess just because I forgot to ask she thought it was now her money. My question was why didnt she give it back when she got back?

She was upset for pretty much half the day and tried to justify that I should give her the money back. Mind you it was $220! If it were like maybe $20 I may have let it go but oh no that is way too much and just the fact that she thought it was really her money. HAHAHA I cant stop laughing about this.

Not to mention she saw that I was on myspace and sent a message to a friend of mind who is a female and had a fit...It was a hey happy b-day message. Boy I tell you...Women! Cant live with them and well you know the rest. Keep your mind on whats important people and laugh at anything funny!

Get A Broom & Lift The Rug

Its a shame to me how when illegal drugs come into play with athletes that depending on who it is you may not even see any action taken toward them. In this case A-Rod was taking "ILLEGAL DRUGS" to perform as he stated in front of a camera to the nation and I really doubt that we will see anything happen to him. I think its wrong that anyone uses drugs to gain an advantage in anyway and I think that there are many "MANY" more in all sports but I do half way commend him for not fighting it and just saying "yes I did it." That doesnt make it alright however. Action should be taken against him and anyone that admits to or get caught taking performance enhancing drugs.


While I am on drugs lets talk about the human fish. This is the second time he has got into trouble. The first time was under age drinking and driving and now smoking marijuana. The first charge was well...read the title of this...and now he gets a "3 MONTH BAN" What on earth is that!? As an athlete I think this is the biggest joke of a ban that an athlete can get. It would have been better if they did nothing at all. He gets banned right up until its time to go and qualify for the world championships this year. Wow...how convenient or is it just me? Phelps is from Balitmore just as I am but I know if that were me I would have got it a whole lot worse.

Goes to show that it is still about who you are and what you have.

The 44th President...

BARACK OBAMA!

What a historic and wonderful day it is. First off it is wonderful to see the name Bush get the hell out of the White House. Now we have someonethat has embrassed the whole country with a plan of improvement and CHANGE! That will step in and not only make history...but to make an attempt to get this country back running the way that millions of people want it to run. However, I know I was not the only one watching on TV that heard the crowd singing, "Na-Na-Na-Na...Hey Hey Hey...Goodbye!" When FORMER president Bush came out. I felt sorry for a second but hey then I thought about gas prices and the Tahoe that I use to drive that I miss right now and its 4 inches of snow outside...No longer am I feeling sad for anything that happens or will happen to G.W.B. The time is here and change is in effect...What a day!

OLD SCHOOL VIDEO

This was one of my favorite videos back in the day. Not sure why but I played this song so much back in the day. Man the words of choice in this video take me back and make me laugh so much just to think that I use to talk like this. LOL

!!! STOP THE CAR !!!

THIS IS SIGN LANGUAGE FOR:
pull over, walk in, order 12, get back in the car, start eating one before you drive off

One Week Later...

...And its still the same result

RAVENS

Need I say anything else?

Sunday Morning Long Run...

...but I wake up to get dressed to run 3 miles this morning (yes I do run that far) and as I am almost fully dressed mother nature starts to let loose the juice LOL! It just started raining so hard and I was like, "Are you kidding me!?" Well I had the thought process of laying down and playing xbox, laying down next to my girlfriend or going for a run in the rain. If you read the below that I wrote then you know exactly what I did.

THE TIME IS NOW FOR 8/18/09