28th Feb

Woke up @ 2am, had a shower, I had oats, we left home @ 3am, we had to leave early as we need to clean the floor for the meet, when we reached the track, there was water all over because of the roof from where the water was spilling, me with other guys voluntarily got down to clean the floor with towel, we were there from the start to finish of all races of different age groups.

The races were amazing, even though this was a small meet, we had other teams besides Team Florida like Star Dust and Team fast and couple of other teams participating in the meet. The skaters were really fast, each skater had to race many events, they race an event and immediately after that they had to race another, so the rest between the races are little

I had 4 slices of bread with peanut butter and jelly @ the snack bar inside the track, after the meet we went to golden carol for lunch, we all had buffet, tony, his mom and his sister and sister’s son too joined us for lunch, got back home.

Andrew lee Valinsky had come with his parents, he will be here throughout the year to train with Team Florida and Stay @ Renee’s place, like as usual I went to feed the horses and lamas, while I was feeding the Male lama and the small lama keeping the bowls on my hand, so that the big female lama does not eat their food. The big female lama ran out of their gate, all the other lamas followed it, I had to chase all of them, the big female lama jumped out of the little fence and tried to go to the land of one of he neighbor’s, there is a gate outside the fence from where you can go to the other land, Drew closed the date but he did not close properly, so I had to do it again, with much difficulty I made the lama to jump back the fence, I shouldn’t have chased, I chased only to get them back to the lama’s land, I stood there for a long time, so that they don’t jump onto the fence, Erin and Suzi were sleeping when all these things were going

Paul was there in the bran doing something, he wasn’t aware of things happening, later he came out, so we all surrounded them to get them back, we tired giving food and bringing them back but they were all smart, they used to go back when they had to put 1 step inside the Lama’s land

It was very expensive to call the Lama catcher’s as they charge 500$ an hour, there is one more small portion of land next to their land which belongs to Renee’s itself, it is little smaller, all the four lama’s were eating grass, we all got the gate fixed them there, so now they are all safe. I never experienced something like this, it was really hard.

I had Tomato rice, yogurt and banana for dinner and slept….

27th feb part-1

I slept last night late because I was watching the Vancouver , the men’s semi final and final was very funny, because of falls, especially the final, the Canadian finished turning backwards, I was cheering for Apollo, I love the way he skates, he is amazing, no doubt about it, men’s team pursuit was really good, the Canadians really did a great job, china finished second and Team USA finished 3^rd, I was happy for them, me woke up like 5:30, did not have enough sleep, it was cold and raining, left for Kissimmee practice, Paul forgot to turn on one of the exits, so we reached 45 late, everyone else were doing 50 laps fast, after that we joined them, we did 30 laps fast, sprint @ one cornerx5 time 2 laps betweenx5sets, 2 person push drillx2 lapsx10 sets, intervalsx6 sets, than we did 3 person in the pack, 1 person comes from the relay box inside and the 3^rd person pushes this person and the person who gets pushed gets into 2^nd place and jumps into 1^st place in the next corner, we did that 10 sets, it was still raining, I picked them 3 sides take away @ Boston market, I was watching night gate, it seems interesting, now have come to a ice cream parlor so that we can access free Wi-Fi , I got myself 2 scoops of Hershey’s icecream

27th feb Part-II

When we reached home, I went for biking, it was late evening, it was all dark, it was all scary, Paul was biking on his road bike attached with a trainer inside the gym. After that I just did slideboard because I was sore after yesterday’s offskate, I had cheese and bean burritos, suzi and Paul cooked Pizza @ home, I had a small portion of it and it was good. Watched Vancouver Team pursuit till late night and slept…

26th feb

Woke up, got freshen up, had 2 different flavors of oat meal, got geared up in warm clothing for biking outside, biked 1 more street further, going further and further everyday so that I don’t get lost, while biking there is a boxer dog in one of the houses, always the gate of the house is closed, I think the owner had opened the gate, the dog was out, it was looking at me, I got little scared and stopped, I shouldn’t have done that, I should have kept going, anyways it did not do anything, not all dogs keep quite, some come and chase you, reached home, did stretching, pushups, straight box jumps, side box jumps, both sides, all with 10kg medicine ball, did 50x4sets slideboard, slow and smooth, concentrating on only technique on form, turning my hip, transferring weight fully to the gliding leg, after pushing doing the back entry and closing the hip, every single is important, did 15 minutes of abs of my regular routine, pushups of 20 reps eachx3sets, sitting down stretching, back strengthening exercises, shin and calf strengthening exercises, the puppies somehow broke the nail of door of their house which was built by Chris couple of days ago, they ran away and as usual went to opposite neighbor’s place, I was at the gym that time, Suzi was reading book outside, she called me , she is actually scared of dogs, so I ran and got them all out, put them into the house first, I inserted a new nail, actually two nails and hammered them, than 1 by 1 put all the puppies inside it, only 3 puppies as gracy was in Renee’s room.

Cleaned wheels, had shower and got ready for practice, had 2 slices of wheat bread with peanut butter, I love peanut butter, its creamy and yummy! Just before reaching Brooksville I had kellogs bar, we did warm up followed by stretches, 3 laps fast upfront followed by 2 laps upfront, lots of half laps sprints, 3 laps sprint, 5 laps sprint, 2 person relayx2 laps each, it was total 30 laps, I had to start and also end too, I did 8 times and my partner Thomas 7 times, after that we did team relayx1lapx 10 sets, ended with cooling down laps, went to sonnie’s for dinner, Erin has come for weekend practice, she came with Renee, we reached their directly from practice, they both came from home, I had bottom less salad bar, reached home, I was little hungry, I had kellogs frosted pastry, watched Vancouver Olympics and slept….

25th feb

Woke up, had a shower, it was sunny outside but it was dam cold, I had 1 cheese and bean burrito which I got from walmart yesterday, so now I have more choices to eat other than the usual one after burrito I had 2 slices of wheat bread with peanut butter bread, 1 servings of oat meal and 1 glass of orange juice, internet has still not been fixed, it sucks, I had lemon rice, yogurt and 1 banana for lunch, fed the horses and the lamas, left the puppies out, I played with the dogs for 45 minutes, out of them angel is the best, you throw the ball and she gets them back to you, she is a very good runner, though it was rest day, I went to for a 40miutes slow to recover, I am very familiar with the road numbers now, before I used to not go long, now I go very long and I don’t get lost, there is at least 1 dog in everybody’s house, it’s usually 2 dogs, I saw two dogs of a same breed in one of the house while biking, gosh they are so huge, they are giant sized, no it’s not a great den, its white in color, it’s dog fur, it’s tall and as well as lengthy too, I did a google search and I think the breed is Kuvasz or Great Pyreenees , I am going to take pictures and video of the entire place when I go for biking for recovery on bike next week, after biking I did stretches, abs and back strengthening exercises, I had Maggie, yogurt and banana for dinner , watched tv for a while and slept

24th feb

Woke up early than usual, I somehow realized that I did not keep trash cans yesterday night, I forgot because I was very tired after the gym workout, dragged them all outside the gate, there was so much trash this week, it sucks when you want to take them all outside the gate from the front door dragging them all out, had shower, drank water before breakfast, had kellogs fruit and yogurt wheat flakes,milk with cranberries on them and 1 glass of orange juice, had 2 slices of wheat bread with peanut butter and jelly after an hour, went on for 40 minutes of high pace biking, did static stretching, both leg and single leg both sides isolations, did slide board, now I am able to turn my hip and load only leg, thanks to son for opening my eyes and teaching me the correct way of doing it, did 15 minutes of abs exercises I follow, did back strengthening exercises and more stretches sitting down, did lots of toe and calf raises to strengthen the shin and calf, had lots of water, put the clothes into washing machine followed by it into the dryer, had Pongal, strawberry and banana flavored yogurt and banana, hope I finish the Pongal recipes I have, I just don’t like them much, left the dogs out, fed the horses and lamas, I had frosted kellogs chocolate biscuit and 1 serving of oats @ 4, we had practice @ Tampa, Renee came along with us for the practice, I get excited like a baby like how it gets excited seeing Barbie doll, we did warm up followed by stretches, 2 laps left foot right foot, half lap sprints, 2 person push drill with 1 small corner ,after 1 lap, the person in the front sprints the same but alone, we all did skate till we tired drill i.e. everyone has to pace laps, it’s almost sprinting, you need to do keep doing that till the coach tells to change, that’s it, for dinner, we did not got to village inn as today the practice was from 8-9:30, we could have gone but since the place is dinning, the order takes long, I really wanted to have a free pie as it was Wednesday, we all missed it..lol, so we went to subway, here it was the Indian who was working, his name was patak(that’s what it sounded as), he was doing a part time job, he is a student doing hospitality course, I got regular veggie, this was the first time me eating something from subway, people who know me well I don’t like food @ fast food centers except dominos pizza, I just love dominos, after we drove home, we went to Walmart in Paul’s car, Suzi the Belgium gal is very sweet, having a good time with her, came back home and slept, there is no internet when I am writing this….

23rd feb

Woke up, got freshen up, had 2 servings of oats and 1 glass of orange juice, for lunch I had tomato rice, yogurt and banana, fed horses, lamas and left the dogs out, Renee went to her mom’s place so Chris asked if we wanted to go to outdoor, I said no because I wanted to heal the injury of my right leg tongue area, I had Kellogs frosted chocolate biscuit and fiber bar, I did 15 minutes biking for warm up, barbell squats, pushups, box jumps, side box jumps, both leg isolation, single isolation, both sides, slide board, me and Paul medicine ball agility exercise on single leg squatting, both sides, plaque, side plaque, back stretches and more stretches to cool down, had 5 slices of wheat bread with Dal fry and banana, hydrated myself through out the day...

22nd feb

Yesterday i slept with Jonathan’s family; I would like to share lot of things, when I had dinner with them, Mrs. Jessica i.e. Jonathan’s wife, he interacted with me very nicely, she wanted to know about skating in India, I liked sharing everything to them, in the house they had a huge atlas, where I showed them where I exactly live, when I reached the house, I checked out all the 4 rooms of each of them, Briton the eldest of the 4 had the best room, he has the most comfortable bed in the whole house, bright lights, couch, very big LCD TV, small and cute laptop, I was told that he bought TV with his own pocket money of savings and Christmas gifts, Jackson room was cute for his small age, tucker’s was also nice, he has laptop something like mine, I was sleeping in harden’s room, its good too, living and every room in the house is got pictures of their family and pictures of every age they were into and how they looked, sweet memories and stuff like that, the interiors are done by Jessica,every kid is got a bank, where they put and draw money, its small ATM machine kind, they have a discipline in the house to encourage them to do the house work, they have sheet and magnets on the wall near the kitchen, they get points for garbage work, room neatness, bed making, napkins when having food and stuff like that, they get paid at the end of the week, during the Christmas time whoever gets the most points will get a bonus of 100$, it seems Tucker won last year, at present harden has most points, harden is a champ in skating in his age group, Jackson is still a small kid, tucker skates but is doing well in football, Brinton the eldest skates too but he just want to skate and doing meets but not to push harder , don’t forget when I am talking about the kids, his dad i.e. Jonathan skates pretty well for 45 age, they are little strict and a pressure towards Briton as he is the eldest, in USA every kid has to go to school, if anyone is not going, the parents are going to be charged under child negligence act, when they step into college, most of them have to do part time job and pay for their fees and room stay, that’s why most of them don’t stay with their family and start working hard and learn responsibility @ very young age

morning I got up out of the bed @ 7 even though I was awake, because the kids need to use the bathroom as they have to rush to school, Mr. Jonathan woke me up, I had sandwich with grapes, Briton the eldest son was dropped by Ms. Jessica, before dropping his mom was getting and losing on him as he was getting late, he was finishing his one of his assignment, which he did not complete but still she dragged to drop him to his school We drove to the elementary and middle school to drop Jackson, Harden and Tucker, Jonathan’s family is called Simkins, they are very few people in school who have got parking reserved especially for them, I was taken to youngest son Jackson’s class, the vice principal was present, Jonathan introduced me to her, so I spoke to the kids there, it was all spontaneous, I pointed @ the Atlas, told them about our national animal, bird, why I am here in USA? What is new and different here? In the end i showed them to tell hello in Indian way, i.e. Namaste….the principal was surprised with the way I speak English and my accent….

We drove to Simmons’s place, on the way I saw the Tampa bay both sides of the road, it was a beautiful, we drove to the sky way bridge, it seems the bridge was rebuilt again because way back in 1985 a ship crashed to the bridge and many people died , so the bridge had to be lifted high,saw multistory buildings....

This was the second time meeting Simmons, David is such a nice person, I got casted, my order is enlisted, i told my favorite colors to Jennifer and told her to do the best she can and surprise me when i see them, I need to at least wait for 8-9 weeks to start for them to make my boots, when they start making it takes 3 days, they approximately finish boots of 4 pairs in a week, once they finish building boots to all those who got casted before me, mine will be started. David showed us his boat. we drove back home, actually Jonathan is into bee removal business, he is running them the 15 year now, his company is called Insect IQ, whole way he was getting calls and orders, at the end of the day he earned 1000$ just by answering the calls and driving car, he was very happy and considering me his lucky charm, he was telling about it to everybody in the indoor too saying he wants to hang me around his neck cause I was is lucky charm, I was happy too for him… we actually had to go to St Petersburg city before reaching home to attend one of his client, the city was amazing, every city in Florida is good in its way the way the houses and building are built, Jonathan talks to his clients as if he knows them from long time like one of his family member, he also introduced me to them, I think that is how he markets himself and his products , that is very impressive, whole way i was talking about Indian culture, values, languages we speak, religions , different gods we worship, Jonathan had a great time and i had a wonderfull time with him too...we reached home, I was searching for my 3/4^th, I didn’t know that Ms Jessica took them from bathroom when I forgot to take them, she put them to washing machine and it was ready lying on my bed, she is more sweet then I actually taught, harden came to home early itself because he had a bad cough, actually whole night he was coughing, hope he recovers soon, Briton had homework, so me, Jonathan, Tucker and Jackson drove to practice, i could not say bye to Mrs. Jessica so i called from Jonathan's cell and thanked her for being so nice and for everything, she liked me so much and impressed with me that later Jonathan receives message from her saying that i can stay in their place anytime and as long as i want to, i was touched by it...

we dropped Tucker to his football practice and we to indoor, we reached way early than expected because there was very less traffic, we did warm up followed by stretches, 1 lap upfront small circles only in only in one corner, half lap starts, now I know how much it makes a difference when you shift or load or isolate weight on your left leg, it does pain but makes a lot of difference , sprint with small circle once and finish next half lap, sprint with small circle one side twice and finish half lap, basic drills, opposite corners, the Belgium girl was skating and also assisting tony because she is her for her project as she is going to entering the coaching field , intervalsx6, two person relayx2 lapsx5 sets, my corners are really getting better slowly, hope I get them perfect, we did off skate drills like steps ups with 1 leg after other-30 secs slow, 30 secs fast, rest 15 secs slow and 15 secs slow, than cones arranged with equal distance, hop with 1 leg half distance and change other leg, bunny hopping with both legs, side hopping the half distance and change side and do the next halfx3 sets total, doing all these exercises was do activate fast twitch muscles and do have fast feet

We went to village inn, I had huevos rancheros and substituted them with turtle pancakes which was 0.99$, turtle pan cakes are usual pan cakes but with chocolate and cream, after main dish when I having the pan cakes, people taught I am not going to having, I seriously was very hungry and enjoyed finishing them with no ease, the waitress did not add turtle pan cakes to the bill and when I mentioned about it, it told me to not to worry, it is actually worth 5 dollar(for me it is 99 cents)when you order them separately, that’s really so sweet of her…

Drove back home, on the way we three were talking training, racing, mental fitness, tactics and psychology, my luggage was shifted to the bran, people from court had come to house study, it seems the boys(whom Renee is adopting) will be arriving on Friday, so I shifted everything to my room, it took hours to arrange my little and give makeover to my little room, the weather is getting warmer down, the typical Florida climate, tomorrow if it does not rain we will be going to Ocala baseline for outdoor practice… i have taken some more pictures, i am so much with everything i am doing and sharing all of the things share, i don't find time to upload, i am sure i am going to do them very soon, take care guys, please post your comments..

21st feb

Woke up @ 5:45, got freshen up, had banana and 2 kellogs blue berry bar, Yesterday Chris made a small house outside for the dogs, today they were all put inside them, they all looked sad, I was feeling bad too, left for practice, Renee came along with us, she was as excited as us, we had lots of people for the practice today since it was a Sunday, we did warm up followed by stretches, 1 lap fast regular skating, basic drills, half lap sprint, 5 laps sprint, 1 lap relayx10sets, I had tropical vegetarian for breakfast, headed to outdoor, we did warm up everyone leading, push drill straightx3sets,2 laps sprint chasingx2sets, 10k race, it was hard day, I feeling sore and all tired, I went along with Jonathan and family as he will be driving me to Simmons’s place tomorrow, they took me mellow mushroom , I had a veggie pizza, came back home, bye….

20th feb

Woke up @ 5:25, got freshen up, had banana and kellogs bar, left for practice for Kissimmee, slept in the car, we did warm up followed by stretches, 10 laps build upx3, basic drills, push drill group of 4 or 5, 1 stretchx1 set,2 laps push drill of group 4 or 5x2 sets, push drill-group of 2,small corners both sidesx5sets,passing drill-passing every person twice from last to first, when others pass you, you need to pass them once, you do this till everyone finish the drill with 5 laps sprint, 2 person relayx2lapsx5,intervalsx6,reaction starts, we did outdoor practice, we did warm up, don’t know how much was the distance, after that we all decided to do 5k race of two teams, objective here is when someone in your team is falling back, you need push him or her to be in the pack, it was going well until Adam fell, Franchesca fell badly and Jonathan fell on her, Paul, me, Sophie and Erin were safe, we all stopped after that thinking that we are all tired and need to rest before we injure or hurt our self, later in the day we got to know that franchesca broke her wrist, that’s really sad. we had food @ Boston market, I had spinach, corn bread, stuffings, sweet corn, we went to Sophie’s place to hang out because we had to pick the Belgium girl later in the evening @ Orlando airport, we watched moves like wipe it and ugly truth, I also slept on a recliner, we left home to go the airport, on the way dropped @ taco bell to get burrito, picked up the girl and reached home, I had tomato rice for dinner, tomorrow indoor followed by outdoor practice @ Tampa, it’d going to be hard, bye for now…

19th feb

yesterday night i could not sleep, i had to leave the puppies to the living room as Renee went to her mom's place and i was all alone, i actually closed my room door so that they don't enter and i slept, they started hitting my door, i could not sleep,sad the puppies wanted to sleep with me , so i allowed them to sleep on my bed, angel had flies, so i immediately changed my bed sheet, i did not have an option to live them all to the Renee's room,they got quiet and i slept, it was horrible

2day morning woke up, had 2 servings of oat meal,went for 15 mins of biking for warm up, trained in the gym, read some pages of competive speed skating handbook, had 2 bars of chewy oats, had tomoato rice, peach yogurt and banana for lunch, fed the horses and lamas, there were already food in the bowls for the puppies, went to practice @ brooksville, did warm up followed by stretches, 2 laps up in the front left foot right foot,pushing drill-group of 5, each person push for 2 laps, till they are 2 guys, the guy in the front after he gets pushed goes for a 1 lap sprint,2 person relay x 2 lapsx8,intervalsx6,1 lap relayx10 sets, 20 laps cooling down, erin arrived, we picked her from home, went to the walmar, i had 2 burritos for dinner and they got pizzas from little caesars, tomorrow practice @ kissimmee....

18th Feb

today was rest day so woke up late, had 4 slices of wheat bread with hazel nut spread,i had masala rice,peach yogurt and banana, fed the puppies and horses, Renee had fed the lamas when she was here in the afternoon,i am getting bored @ home staying alone, had Briyani for dinner, yogurt,i will be sleeping alone in the lama land(the place i am living now)with 2 horses, 4 lamas and 2 horses, Renee's mom is out of the hosipital, i hope she recovers soon, so she is going to stay with her mom, bye guys....

17th feb

Woke up, had 2 servings of oat meal. went to Beef o Brady’s , can’t say it was lunch as it was around 11:30, it was Bianca’s last day , went there to have food together, I got myself large garden salad with 1000 island dressing. Went to walmart. Did 15 minutes cycling, today was the first day on them, I worked on the gym, did stretches, squats, pushups, straight box jumps, side box jumps, slide board, plank and ended with more stretches. left the puppies to the living room, filled food and water to their b owls, so now we have 4 puppies, if did you read my previous, new puppy’s name is angel, who belongs to the two boys whom Renee’s is adopting and they will here soon, fed the horses and lamas, had sambar rice, peach yogurt and banana, cleaned wheels, had shower, had fiber bar, left for Tampa practice, took a nap in the car. did warm up followed by stretches, floor was good, 1 lap small circles both sides, 2 laps fast regular skating, 1 lap sprint, 2 laps sprint, 3 lap sprint, 2 lap sprint, 1 lap sprint, intervalsx4sets,1 lap relayx10 sets ended with core exercises like sitting on the edge, swinging both the legs lower without touching the ground-30secs,30secs,45secs, legs straight in the ground, touching the toes, while going back but not fully back, lifting the legs and crunching itx10reps, crunchy frogx1set.

Went to village Inn for dinner, it was me, Paul, Bianca and tony, I had Huevos rancheros, we got a free pie to choose, so I got white chocolate cherry dream, it’s the one which is special this month, no one knew about it, they all ordered different, mine was the best, it tasted ultimate, everybody were staring @ me and it was funny looking @ their faces. Went to bowling alley, this was the first time I ever played it, I had real fun, I loved playing, its technical, we just played one game, I got @ it better in the later frames, Bianca went along with tony as her flight is tomorrow, me and Paul drove back home, filled gas @ the walmart, reached home, now me seeing Vancouver ice speed skating races, bye….

16th feb

Woke up @ 5:45, I did not get enough sleep, slept like only 4 hours, quickly got fresh and dressed up, had 2 servings of oat meal, took skates, laptop and food, we left home @ 6:30 to cape carol city, I was very excited, dropped Paul to his work, sad he had to get up early too, I was sleeping all the way and as usual Bianca was driving, we took about 3 hours to reach the destination, the city was awesome, it’s got the best houses in Florida, people all around the world buy houses here and settle down, the climate is always warm, David’s house was a beach house which connects to ocean, it’s obvious they have a boat, his hobbies are like fishing, boating and biking, skating. The house had everything in them, a Jacuzzi, swimming pool and more, it looked to me like a 7 star hotel, at least it’s the best house I have ever been to. he has been making boots since 20 years, he is the best boot maker in the world, there is not even a single person who is unhappy or has got complaints with his boots. we stepped first to his workshop, where you can find molds of hundreds of skaters, every single part of a boot was being done here, he works all day, his wife helps him too, its managed by only them so that’s why the wait time for boots is so much but it’s worth after getting them, I tried one of their stock boots to try the fit, when I put my foot inside, it held my foot perfectly and there wasn’t any single movement, I was impressed, Bianca got 1 foot of hers which she had problems casted again, they took us for lunch to cape harbor the marina in their BMW, it’s was the first time I experienced sitting in a BMW and it was awesome, I can’t explain it, there we went to The Joint restaurant, somehow David asked when I was seeing the menu if I was a vegetarian, I was really surprised because till today no one asked me, it was always I used to tell first, I got a Mediterranean pizza, it was really good, took pictures with them, drove back home, this has been one of my best days here, I am blessed, reached home, left the puppies to living room, filled food and water into their bowls, fed the horses and lamas too, I had Pongal for lunch, I hated the taste, No one was there to take to Ocala baseline for outdoor practice, so trained in the gym, had wheat flakes for dinner, I did not feel like eating anything else, spoke to Joey Mantia, he told he is going be here on march 9^th,can’t wait to meet him, we got 1 more dog whose name is angel, it belongs to the boys whom Renee is adopting and are going to be here very soon, its freakin cold out, that’s it for today, bye…

President's Day

Woke up, got freshen up, had 2 servings of oat meal, was feeling sour because of yesterday’s workout, had sambar rice, yogurt and banana for lunch. left the puppies to living room, filled their bowls with food and water, fed the horses and lamas, today I was paying attention to Lamas behavior towards each other, I have got closer to them, they are not scared of me, they come very close to me now, out of 4 lamas there is female lama which is kinda dominating and spits on other lamas and people, it has never spited on me, at least until now, I have seen it doing but others have experienced them..lol At last I cleaned my bearings today, put my clothes to washing machine and dryer. Since yesterday the weather is really good, it’s sunny and less cold, hope it stays this way. Took shower before practice, arranged the clothes inside the cupboard. left for practice @ Tampa, we did warm up followed by stretches, floor was ok, 2 lap pacing right foot, left foot, immediately back in the group 1 lap fast regular skating in the front, all the basic drills, reaction starts, 1 lap sprints, 10 laps sprint, everyone in a group from slower to faster order, the skater in the front sprints and the last guy also sprints @ the same time, the objective here-the last skater has to catch the front skater before he reaches the pack which is moving @ medium constant pacex5 sets, this drill was really good, 1 lap relayx10 sets, my left shin was hurting and the tongue area on my right foot is hurting very badly, because the cushion on the right boot’s tongue is worn out, I need to find a solution for it, there is already a black mark on my foot, ended with off skate plyo stuff like mountain climbing(name of the drill)-20 slow and 10 fastx2sets,20 slow squat and 10 fast squatx3 sets, had soy protein after practice, have been drinking lots of water throughout the day, had burrito for dinner @ village inn, Bianca was driving back home, there was major traffic in the highway but it got cleared later, I realized there is a lane where no vehicles move on them, I got to know that it’s a separate or dedicated lane for emergency for police and ambulance, isn’t that great? I wish we had same thing in India, it sucks to imagine that in our country pizzas reach faster than a ambulance does. Bianca has some problems with her boots so to fix them we are going tomorrow to cape carol city to meet David Simmons’s place, it’s a 3 hour drive from here, that’s a long time, I will be accompanying and helping her with directions and stuff, so need to get up early, bye bye…

VALENTINE’S DAY

Woke up, took a shower, had 4 slices of wheat bread with white chocolate peanut butter spread, me, Paul and Bianca trained @ the gym, me and Paul went for a small jog, did static stretches,some off skate exercises to warm our self up, we did dead lift, barbell squats, lunges, pushups and ended with light stretches, had Bombay briyani, strawberry yogurt and banana for lunch, we went to skate @ bike trail nearby, we did 20k, first half I kept up good but when we were doing second half, my shins were hurting very bad and I was pushing very hard to complete them, I am learning to practice long strides now, we then did straight sprints, had soy protein shake, went to walmart, picked up belt to support the lower back while doing weights, mineral sprints to clean bearings, 8 pack of mix flavor of fat less yogurt and a diary milk chocolate, came home, had a shower and ate diary milk chocolate, there is difference in the taste of it, somehow I love diary milk the one available in India, this one wasn’t bad though, I liked it, we again trained in the gym, did medicine ball stability exercises, it requires lot of balance, it was hard but it was fun, did lots of variations of abs and core exercises, ended with slideboard, I am getting better at them, thanks Son, I am missing you dude, wanted to see Vancouver Olympics but don’t know it wasn’t being broadcasted, don’t know what was wrong with the satellite, HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY guys , I want to tell you one thing to everyone, MY NAME IS VIKRAM AND I AM NOT A TERROIST…..

13th Feb

Woke up @ 5:30, getting up so early than usual days is really difficult, got freshen up, I ate 1 banana and fiber bar, left @ 6:15 for Kissimmee practice, as usually I was sleeping in the car and Bianca was driving, when we reached, we were sitting in the car still and waiting for the rink door to open, it’s very cold, I am not a fan of winter and I am not liking anything connected with cold, I got everything from India except track pants, I am just on my 3/4ths and shorts and people still wonder when they see me on them, they think I am crazy, the track was slippery and dirty, I have been told the track is slippery because of the cold and that really sucks, we did warm up followed by stretches, 100 laps fast pace, basic drills, pushing drill- the last person pushing the whole group for 2 laps and he goes to the first place after that, except the person who is pushing everyone should concentrate on form and technique as you are going to be rolling, the person who pushes is to develop power,intervalsx6 sets,3 person in a group, the person from the middle comes to take the relay push, the person who is in the group push him and stop, the person who gets pushed goes to the second place and goes front in the next cornerx5 sets, reaction starts, 1 lap sprint, 1 lap relay x 2 sets, 2 in a group, 1 person pushing the other person and doing 1 small corner on both the sidesx4sets, had 3 sides for breakfast @ Boston market, from there went to Prime outlet @ Orlando as Bianca wanted to shop, by the way Paul got his flight delay again, so he cancelled and got his money refunded, he really wanted to go to north Carolina and race there, sad he could not make it because of the weather, reached home, left puppies to the living room, fed horses and the lamas, it makes me very happy feeding them, watched long track Vancouver Olympics, it’s kinda boring because long track is time trails, Kramer Sven from Netherlands won the gold in 5000 meters with a timing of 6:14.60, he is very fast, he had been winning since last 3 years, this is first Olympic gold medal and that’s very special, had MTR curry rice for lunch, oh it contains so much oil….had shower, for dinner Bianca, Paul and Renee went to Sonnies, I just did not feel like eating outside, so I just made myself a 2 servings of Oat meal and that’s not bad, whereas it is healthy!, just watched semis and finals of short track, it’s so much fun, it’s very fast and more of group racing, great to see every one passing each other, I was excited to see Apollo Ohno who has won several golds in the Olympics, he was very cool in the semis, he waited for the long time to pass, he just got qualified, in the finals, Apollo did really well, tired every time but the Koreans 1, 2, 3 were very fast, just before the finishing 2 Koreans fell, so Korea got first, Apollo got silver, his team mate Celski Jr got second, Apollo was very happy, need to get up early for tomorrow’s practice, bye for now guys

12th feb

Woke up, got freshen up, had 2 servings of oat meal, it was very freezing and continuously raining so I did go out to train, I had wheat bread with peanut butter @ 12, had MTR Massala rice for lunch, it was really good, Bianca went to drop Paul @ the Tampa international airport, left the puppies from Renee’s room to the living room, filled food and water on their respective bowls, fed the lamas and horses too, it was raining heavily, I was freezing when I was feeding, I got all wet, cleaned my wheels, took a shower, was watching television and waiting for Bianca to arrive, we left for practice @ Brooksville @ 4:00, the owner of the rink arrived after an hour, till than we all did off skate exercises, not much, so we got to train only for 45 minutes, we did warm up followed by stretches, we did 2 laps fast each regular skating and immediately we did 2 laps left foot right, intervalsx5 sets, ended with 20 laps fast pace, I had whey protein shake, we went along with Dustin and family in their car to Beef ‘o’ Brady’s , I just had large salad with 1000 island dressing, we were watching little bit of winter Olympics, we drove home, when we reached , there was no power, so me and Bianca decided to come to beef ‘o’ Brady’s near our place which is @ Bushnell so that we can use internet and as well see the opening ceremony of Vancouver Olympics, right now i am eating chocolate eruption cake so that they don't kick us out..lolfrom yesterday night there is no internet @ home , I am posting about yesterday also today only, when we were in rink I received message from Paul saying that his flight got cancelled because of bad weather and it is scheduled tomorrow afternoon, sad, I hope the net is back @ home, tomorrow practice @ Kissimmee, need to get up early, bye for now

11th feb

Woke up little late than usual, took a shower, had 4 slices of wheat bread with hazelnut chocolate spread and also had Oreo cookie, had a fiber bar after an hour, lunch was MTR Rasam rice, today was off, Bianca wanted to shop, we left home after my lunch, shopped @ Walmart, had Frosty @ Wendy’s drive thru and picked Paul from his work place, I picked food for a more than a month @ Sagar grocery stores @ Ocala near to the mall, opposite to the mall was Paul’s school, we dropped him @ his school and we came to the JC Penney mall, Bianca got stuff for her sister, I got stuff from GNC and also from vitamin centre, I got what I really wanted and I was happy and glad that we went there, this mall has got very interesting and good stuff, I will buy them all later before leaving USA, I have lots of time for that, I also need to go to Virginia too, I have not visited any places also, I had go veggie wrap @ froots and raspberry yogurt with chocolate chips and black berries on them, yummy na? from there we went to pick Paul, we met Joey Mantia’s dad to collect uniforms and give it to Joey @ north Carolina, Paul is leaving tomorrow along with Tony, I really wanted to go, if I book air tickets now, it’s going to be expensive, Air tickets, room rent, car rent, food and all is going to come up to 600$ and that’s a lot of money…lol we went to Paul’s house, he had to pick some warm clothes since its going to be snowing, the weather all around is getting bad, I met his two dogs Sandy and Maggie, they are really cute, I saw a pussy cat too, I liked his house, it was nice, lots of pictures all around, he has his cycle hanging upside down in his bedroom, I was wandering if it’s going to hit him when he gets up from his bed, he is got a huge mattress, I am talking about the height of it here, I always wanted something like that for me like in home alone movies, do you guys remember? We left his home, Paul picked a large pizza @ little Caesars, it was cheap, it had meat in them so I did not try, reached home, arranged all my food stuff @ the kitchen, it’s such a relief now, I get to eat Indian food for lunch from now, I am lucky, tomorrow practice is @ Brooksville….

10th feb

Woke up and got freshen up, had 2 servings of oat meal and 1 glass of orange juice, went to jog long, when I came out to, it was very cold so I went back and wore a jacket, Bianca also accompanied but she was cycling, I went hard, after jog, stretched, did box jumps, side box jumps both sides, abs, pushups, some plyos ended with lower back stretches, spent little more time than usually, felt really good after workout, had shower, had MTR bisibelle bath for lunch, it was good, cleaned wheels, had 1 banana, 2 slices of wheat bread and fiber bar before practice, practice was @ 6 @ Tampa, we did warm up followed by stretches, 2 laps fast everyone leading, 1 lap fast everyone leading, basic drills, 1 lap sprint and switch side in the middle i.e. you go clockwise skating and finish 1 more lap, this is little scary as you are not used to skating opposite,intervalsx4sets, 3 person relay of 1 lap eachx5 sets, 2 person relay of 2 laps eachx5 sets, went to village inn for dinner, I had 3 cheese quesadillas, every Wednesday @ village inn you get 1 slice of any fruit pie free with our order, so we all got our self apple pie, I did not like them, next week I will choose a different flavor, on the way back home picked food @ MC Donald’s for Renee, her mom’s surgery went on well, tomorrow it’s going to be off, bye guys….

9th feb

Woke up @ 8, got freshen up, had 2 servings of oat meal with raisins and nuts for breakfast, thought of running long today but it was raining, had wheat bread with white chocolate peanut butter and orange juice, had vegetable pulav and banana for lunch, supposed to go to Ocala for outdoor, it was raining the whole day, so did plyos and slideboard @ the gym, had shower, had kellogs frosted chocolate biscuit as evening snack, saw what Renee feeds horses and lamas, I was little confused with it, went out to have dinner, we went to Wendy’s, thought of having broccoli, cheese and mashed potatoes or side salad, they usually them but did not have them @ that time, Bianca and Renee got food there, I went to taco bell which was back and got 2 seven layer burrito and we got back home, Renee’s mom is having a surgery tomorrow so she dropped us home and went to be along with her home, I just hate rains, it sucks because we can’t train outdoors, bye for now…

8th feb

Woke up @ 8:30, got freshen up, had 4 slices of wheat bread with chocolate hazelnut spread and bowl of milk with wheat flakes, feeling alone types in home, went on to jog for 20 minutes for the first time without Son, slideboard @ the gym, took shower, had MTR tomato rice for lunch and two bananas, took small nap, had 2 kellogs frosted chocolate biscuit, cleaned wheels with water, left home for practice @ 5:30, reached Tampa practice as usual half an hour early @ 6:30, we did warm up followed by stretches, we did left foot right foot hold i.e. 1 side of the corner you are going to push right leg extended to the side and hold them whole corner, your weight here is going to be on the left foot and on the other corner you are going to cross and hold them, your weight here is going to be on the right foot, we did 1 lap sprintsx3 sets,20 laps and 10 laps sprint, we did intervalsx6sets , ended with two person relay, each person leading for 2 lapsx5 sets, I drank lots of water throughout the day and did stretches before and after slideboard and after training in the track too , had dinner @ village inn, Bianca drove onward and return in Paul’s car as Paul was studying, I did not sleep and was seeing all the signboards and road numbers, reached home, got freshen up and drank 1 glass of milk, will be sleeping now, bye guys

7th feb

Today woke up @ 7:30 and got freshen up, the weather is freezing, so picked up arm and leg warmers for practice,Renee picked Dustin and family from Mc Donald’s to home, we all left @ 8 to Tampa, me Bianca and Paul in his car and rest in Renee’s, on the way we filled gas, this month the schedule is reversed, we have outdoor practice first which was Adams middle school like as usual followed by indoor @ skate world, Tampa, Road: we did offskate plyos first, we did warm up, all the big guys leading for 1 lap, we took a break, we did 10 laps sprint and after that we ended with 5 laps sprint, both were really hard, lots of attacks especially from son and Paul, from there we headed to Indoor, there we did warm up followed by stretches, did left foot right foot-each one leading for 1 lap, we did basic drills, we did half lap and 1 lap sprints, we did intervalsx6sets, we did 2 person(only 2 people in a team or group) relay of 2 laps eachx5sets, we did relay of 1 lapx5sets, Bianca got her Simmons custom boot, Erin and Sophie got there Bont custom boot as they are sponsored by them and they will be racing for them this year, all three looked happy and excited about their new boots, from there we went to super Asian buffet for son’s farewell, son loved the food there, I ate vegetable friend rice, noodles, toasted bread, salad, cake and couple of servings of ice cream, we all took pictures with him, people gave him gifts, it was sad to see him go home, we reached home, I took a shower, evening I ate @ taco bell, it’s near walmart only, so I got two 7-layer burrito, Paul and Bianca were shopping for Renee, after I ate went to walmart, actually Paul told me to wait outside Taco bell, to my luck when I went to walmart, they were just billing there, drove back home, on the way Bianca got Burger and strawberry frost and Paul also got a chocolate frosty from Wendy’s drive thru, today also I uploaded pictures on facebook, I have added captions to every first picture, I have organized them in a order, just look into every page so that you don't miss out a picture in the center, I will be sleeping alone in my room today, I am missing son, bye guys…

6th feb

Yesterday night people slept very late, I think it was 1:30 or 2, I don’t remember, they were playing cards and I was uploading pictures on facebook, I was also viewing websites which I could not view all these days because of the slow net and many people using it, Erin like last week came home, Paul after dropping us from Brooksville practice and dinner went to Ocala to pick her up

I woke up @ 5:30, I slept like couple of hours only, I somehow don’t get sleep when people are talking, drove to Kissimmee, we almost sleep like an hour in the car, you really need to make your mind for practice when you reach there, new floor here too, it was amazing, I felt really very good, full grip and fast so less chances of slip on the corner,this is my favorite track, I just love them, Brooksville also had a new coat yesterday but that track is very small, today we did the following: 1)warm up followed by stretches, 2)50 laps fast pace, 3)all basic drills, I am performing the drills better now ,perfection and exaggerating is very important here 5)small corners both sidesx10 sets,6) intervals of 4 laps slow and 2 laps sprintx6sets, son fell in the 3^rd set, he pushed very hard in the corner,7)passing drill-each one from last keeps passing the person front of them on every straightway, I was having fun in doing it,8)3 people in the group and rest in the middle, the people 1 by 1 are going to come out to take the push, the last person(3^rd person) in the pack pushes this person and stops, the person who gets pushed is going to the second place and then he immediately goes to the first place before the next corner, this is the same person who goes to 2^nd place, so don’t get confused, you get it when you actually see how it works, this goes on like 5 sets, Bianca was checking out my frame and told me that I need to change my frame position to the center, Paul was so nice to change my alignment, I was feeling lot better in corners, Paul said to keep the same alignment for the outdoor too, lets now I am going to feel at the road, also Kwinten told me that you should never bend your ankle in the corners and also when you are into your outside edges, both were helping to how to get weight more into the left foot, I was also told to correct my arm swing little, I am learning a lot, 9) 3 laps, 1 lap, 1 lap relayx3 sets, relay in indoor is lot different than outdoor because here you come from inside and you need to go full out to take the push, as it will be difficult for the person who is sprint to cut track especially from outside to inside, I am getting better at this too but there is still scope of improvement in this area,10)starts, half lap, 1 lap sprint,11)we ended 1 lap relayx5sets, Kissimmee practice is always long and hard but I really had fun in today’s training

We went to Boston market for breakfast, as usual I had 3 sides, today kwinten is going back home, I am really going to miss him, he is an European champ, he is so very good in the outdoor, I was lucky that I could skate along with him and learn some stuff, he went along with her, so that he gets dropped to the airport later tonight, he went in her car, she is got a car of her own, its superb, I will find out the model next time..

Drove back home, I was so feeling hot in the car because Bianca by mistake turned the ac towards the hot, Paul was only driving, reached home and slept home, they all were playing cards…

I slept for like 2 hours , had shower and had uncle Ben’s meal for lunch, later in the evening went out to have dinner along with Renee , we all had buffet, I somehow could not eat as much as I usually used to eat, because it was not long ago I had my lunch, went to Walmart and came back home, I am feeling sad because Son is leaving on Monday, I heart him so much, he is such a inspiration to me, the kid is amazing, he is fast, powerful, perfect in his technique or more than that, hardworking, down to earth, funny, he used to feed the lamas, the horses, dogs, he used to do so much of house work, he has no arrogance, there is lot to learn from him, I shared room with him for 18 days, guys if you forgot last year he is a world champ who swept 5 gold @ last year world championship, can you believe it was his world championship, time goes fast @ lighting speed, I connected with him so easily even though both had this language barrier, I am feeling bad right now when I am writing this, I little bit helped him with packing, he gifted me 1 set of wheels, so nice of him, I was so touched by it, I wish I could have come here earlier and could learn and skate with him more or he could have stayed here little longer, I am so dam going to miss me….tomorrow will be his last 2 sessions of practice, he will be then going to Jonathan’s place and leave with them till Monday, love you and miss you son!!! Bye guys….

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5th feb

Woke up, got freshen up, had 4 slices of wheat bread and 1 bowl of wheat flakes, went to jog with son, son was so motivated to see me and kwinten run while he was biking yesterday, on the way there was a neighbor’s dog which was a black Labrador , it came from behind, I heard something , I slowed down a bit and turned back and the dog came running back running onto me, I literally stopped, I got scared a little initially but then I was like let me get back to work, it went on coming along with us, actually it was leading us, after a while there was a pond, son said may be the dog is thirty, it went down to the pond and jumped into it ,swam a little, and came back, maybe it was feeling hot and wanted to take a dip inside, it was so nice to see the whole act, after a very long while, it stopped and went back, trust me it came along with us almost with us a very long way and it was more than 20 minutes, we were like is not going back home? son had little cramps later on his legs, so he was just walking, I kept on running and increased my pace and started pushing harder, it started raining just a quarter way reaching home, I hate rains especially when I am training outdoor, reached home, went to the gym area, did 15 minutes of abs and 20x3 sets of pushups , ended them with some stretches, had uncle Ben’s Santa ve for lunch, I just had only 1 of them, Kwinten wanted to go to Walmart , because his IPod touch which he bought them yesterday, 1 button on them wasn’t working, actually there is only 1 button in it…lol, so I just accompanied him, it was a last one, so they got his money refunded, we drove back home, Paul had already come, so quickly changed and left for practice @ Bushnell, the floor had new coat on them so everyone was excited to skate on them, so did warm up, the floor was dam gripy but scary @ the same time, we did 2 laps each of us right foot left foot, we had a drink, we did 4 people in a group in which the last person pushs the whole pack, the person who just pushed the whole pack will go in the front in the next set, each one is going to push for 2 laps, when they are only two people, the person in the front after he gets pushed by the second person will sprint for 1 full lap, we did that like 5 sets, we had a drink, after that we did half lap, 1 lap, 3 laps, 10 laps sprint, we had a drink, then we did 4laps slow 2 lap sprint intervalsx8sets, we had a drink, we ended with 20 laps fast pace, for dinner I just had ceaser salad, it did not fill me, so had carrot cake for desert, in any angle it did not look and taste like a carrot cake..lol, drove back home, It was so dark, there has been no net since yesterday, got them just this late evening, I will be posting yesterday’s happenings also today, take care guys, bye

4th feb

Woke up, got freshen up, had 4 slices of wheat bread spread with white chocolate peanut butter and bowl of wheat flakes with milk, people who are following me are definitely going to get bored of seeing the same breakfast everyday but I can’t help it today was off so no training, for lunch I had uncle Ben’s meal, I put my clothes for washing and drying, I had shower, in the evening I had kellogs frosted Chocó fudge and fiber one bar, went to Beef ‘o’ Brady’s , I had quesadillas there, though I did not like them, I am hating cheese now, obsessed with it, went to Walmart, son wanted to shop, I got a bottle of orange juice, kwinten got IPOD touch @ the electronics side, I haven’t been there yet, Walmart is so big, I haven’t explored it fully, since I am going to stay here longer, I have lots of time to get there, drove back home, nothing eventful today, bye for now…

3rd feb

Woke up, got freshen up, today the weather was really good, it was bright and sunny, had 4 slices of wheat bread with peanut butter spread and wheat flakes with milk, went on jog, son came along biking, he was just having fun, on the way we fed something big which was green in color, square shaped, we fed two each to three horses, I wasn’t scared to feed the big horse this time, whereas son was scared, so he gave his part also to me to feed the big one, I continued the jog, I taught of jogging longer today, we saw kwinten coming from the other way, so we both were jogging, I explored so many things, every house had dogs and horse here, it’s so common here, Bushnell is actually a village, i love this place, its so calm and pleasant, everybody who live here have big land and have farm houses, we saw a one orange tree and son was excited to see and he got down from his bike and climbed the tree to pluck oranges, he little bit hurt himself as he was wearing gym vest, he came biking while we were still jogging, he gave oranges to me and kwinten, we reached home after a long way, we jogged like 45 minutes, son tired to taste the oranges and he immediately spat them out of his mouth and threw the rest, it was very sour, kwinten was next and tired his, he reacted the same way, so I did not attempt to try them after seeing their reactions…lol I had 4 slices of yesterday’s pizza for lunch, it will still yummy, took shower, we left for Tampa practice @ 4:30, Renee did not accompany because she had to attend a patient, Alison, Chris and his brother and little daughter of his had come home, so Paul came to pick us up, we dropped @ star bucks coffee on the way , I and son got double chocolate brownie, it was too good, others got coffee and Bianca got banana cake, I saw a Indian outside, he was in his car, while we are heading to our car, he smiled @ me and asked -“have I seen you somewhere” I smiled @ him and said-“no”, he asked where I am from?and for what I have come here? I told him I am from Bangalore and have come here for a training , the road today was very busy, the vehicles were moving very slowly, got to see different types of cars, reached the track, we did warm up followed by stretches, the track was yuck and was holding everywhere, we did half lap,1 lap, 2 laps, 3 laps , 2 laps, 1 lap sprint, we took break and had a drink, we did 4 laps slow 2 lap sprint intervals of 6 sets, in the 3^rd set I fell in the same corner I previously fell when I hurt my chin, this time I wasn’t hurt, just bruises in the right leg but my speed suit tore, I wasn’t happy about that, I can’t trust this track, sometime its good and sometime it sucks, its unpredictable, u never know what it is holding for you, we then did 1 lap relay, it was slipping in the center, it seems it was because of the derby girls who practiced before us and were sitting here, they had some lotion on their legs, this sucks…..

We then did off skate plyos and some core exercises, we went to have dinner @ hooters , here girls who serve are hot and dress also the same way, don’t ask what they were wearing? Find out yourself, maybe it’s a way of marketing and getting people out here, they had big LCDs, this is a happening place, they really took their own sweet time to get our order, we were hungry, I ordered quesadillas, they weren’t good, I think I should have ordered just a salad, it would have tasted ok and healthy too, we drove back home, everyone were tired and sleepy, Bianca was driving, I occupied last seat, I was the only one so I slept on the seat almost like in a bed, I wanted to buy stuff @ Walmart, we dropped other people home, only me and Bianca went , I got 1 dozen of bananas , this time I got only 1 liter of milk with 2% of fat, because I took a long time to finish 1 gallon , got whole wheat bread, got a trimmer since mine weren’t working, don’t know if they are going to work in India..lol, we reached home and I arranged my things in the kitchen, tomorrow we have off, nothing has been planned yet, let’s see…bye….

2nd feb

woke up, got freshen up, had 4 silces of wheat bread with white chocolate peanut butter bread and bowl of wheat flakes with milk, it rained till afternoon, went to run with son, on the way we feed little food to the three horses we pass by everyday when we go for run, feeding the big horse was very scary, it opens its mouth big and closes it very fast, so it was difficult to feed him, other two was ok, did 6 sets of barbell squats of 6 reps and increasing the weight with completion of every 2 sets in the gym, we initially planned to go out to eat and shop and no outdoor practice since it was raining, so when the rain stopped, it was later decided to go to Ocala for outdoor practice, i quickly had fiber plus bar and changed the wheels,we left to Ocala and did 10k of 2 sets, it was very high intensity and following kwinten steps was hard because his strides are very long and he is really good on road and ended with basic drills after, we then went to Belleview which is an Italian restaurant, i initially ordered 14 inch small cheese pizza with tomatoes, later when kwinten ordered medium 16 inch pizza, i was like come on i can also think and i went on with medium too, when the pizza arrived i was like what the hell? it was in the size of a large pizza, it had 8 big pieces, i could have only 3 out of them, pizza was really good, kwinten could have 4 of his, we asked boxes to take them away home, by the way Allison and Chris and his brother with his little daughter who is very cute and small joined us too as they are put up in Ocala only, we drove pack home, my co-mates forced me to play poker, first of all i have never played them, so they had to teach me, earlier in the game, i did not find it interesting, later when i kept on playing, i had fun then, tomorrow practice @ 6 @ Tampa, bye for now, hope the weather is going to be good, bye guys

1st feb

Woke up, got freshen up, drank water, had 4 slices of wheat bread with chocolate peanut butter spread and wheat flakes with milk, today is Monday so no workout in the gym, had uncle Ben’s vegetable harvest and Spanish recipe for lunch, its raining the whole day, its not that sunny too, I hate this weather, saw luck by chance movie on the note book, I can see movies as many as I have in my drive after that I will have no movies to watch..lol I had 2 bananas and 1 kellogs fiber plus as evening snack, I watched angel and demons movie till 6:30, we had practice @ 8 @ Tampa, so we left @ 6:30, we reached @ 7:30, I forgot to get water, so I got them inside the track by inserting the coins on the booth(I don’t know what you actually call them), it was 2$ and I usually get 20 of those cans in Walmart for 4.24$ and also got musketeers chocolate, we did warm up, I was drafting behind Paul like as usual followed by stretches inside the track, we did 2 laps each person right foot left foot, we did 2 laps each regular skating, we did half lap starts, we did 10laps sprint, we did opposite 3 lap sprint, we did intervals of 4 laps slow and 2 lap sprintx6 sets, we did 1 lap relayx10 sets, cooling down, we had dinner @ village inn, I had 3 cheese quesadillas(it’s the name not that I had 3 of them..lol) , it was too good and I also had chocolate pie cake, we drove back home, tired and sleepy, bye for now guys…