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
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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!
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!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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!?
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!?
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