NYC: Whoop Whoop!

On this a festive occasion I've decided to fancy up the blog. Give it some life. You likey?. Of course you do. But if not, dunno what to tell you.

So you guessed it, the festive occasion is indeed my season's best! And not any SB but the second best time in the world this year. Check the credits, yo!.

Anyhoo, this is a distinction I haven't had the pleasure of dawning in some time. And of course I know it's hardly a global title or anything ginormous like that. And perhaps the girl with the fastest time in the world has a way way better blog layout than moi....But you know your girl: every small accomplishment is celebrated to the fullest. So new blogs for all!!

I'm happy about dipping into 12.5x territory this early in the season, that's officially some serious hauling tail. More than anything I'm happy with how I competed and managed to be in tune with parts of my race as it unfolded. I wasn't happy with my first half but managed to ignore my position and just work on executing the remaining hurdles as best I could. *It is easy in a hurdle race to panic, press or get into another lady's rhythm.

*hurdle nerd speak

I'm back in Atlanta and with no more around the world trips planned, I get to train solid for a few weeks. I'm craving getting back to the drawing board and getting some finesse back to my racing. My old coach Gdub always said to be pleased with progress but never satisfied.

Word.

Thanks for the texts, calls and wall posts everyone. And as always I'm so blessed to have the inner circle I do, who make me feel great regardless.

I posted some links below, caution while viewing my interview post race with Flotrack, as I'm clearly high on life.

Wow.

Smile,

P

**LINKS**

Peep race video here and the official results here.

Flotrack.org interview track side: Nothing but P

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

Enea Cup-Poland

On Sunday I raced in Bydgoszcz, Poland and it was my first time ever in the country. I always get excited about going to a new place. So far I've added two new countries to places I've been this season, Korea was the first.

I raced on Friday night in Oslo and travelled all day Saturday to Bydgoszcz, it wasn't the easiest town to get to. The race was the next day and I was happy to not feel too run down during warm up.

I came away with the win but when all the ladies saw the jumbotron results we were confused. The race felt a lot faster than what it was telling us.

But turns out the wind was a very strong -1.8m/s. So in that regard my 12.99 isn't too bad.

I'm looking forward to racing a tough field this weekend in NYC as the Diamond League comes to North America. And hoping to finally execute a race I can be technically happy about.

Till next time,

Perdita ♥

Remember Me?!/Oslo

The 411

I haven't reported or kept up with the blog. Excuse me, had a lot going on for a while. So the blog wasn't priority one. But guess what?! It is now! (she smiles).

Got Excuses?
I finally sold my house (for dirt cheap, did I tell u?) and finally completely relocated to Atlanta. Huge stress reliever. In fact I hope the married couple who stole, I mean bought it from me are enjoying it. Tee hee*. Along with my lawn mower, hoses, automatic sprinklers, blinds, curtains. I'm sure I left one of my kidneys in the fridge for them. Realtor really wanted to"sweeten the deal" eh.

Anyhoo young couple please enjoy!. Courtesy of RCREB, or Really Cheap Real Estate Bargains by P!.

Further, I got over a slew of back to back colds, that reeked havoc on my early spring training. Want more excuses?. Because I have pity party specials for days...check the credits.

Oslo
Anyhoo about Oslo: Season's Best baby!!
Its funny how the small victories for me are the ones I celebrate hard now.

[See below pic]
Oslo podium, Lolo's absolutely brilliant idea to get the crowd to do the wave! The announcer helped us get the party started. "Wessst Siide!"...or North was it?.

Anyhoo years on tour will do that to you. Make you delirious over seemingly minor leaps of progress. Which in track life is actually a major one.

Oh did I mention I fell off the podium tonight? Yaaah. Not a good look. Think I was anxious after they said my name, and u know how excitable I get about stuff. Right. Well I totally missed the mark and teetered off the back.

But so what...

Because I ran 12.72! Booya. Hardly super super fast, and technically sloppy, but still progress and faster than I've run here in like ever. And my first time on the podium at this meet, and it being one of the oldest and most prestigious, that means a lot to moi.

Next goal for me is to drop in the the 12.6x range soon, and start being consistently faster than that in July and August.

It's 2am here and I travel early morning to Poland for a race on Sunday in Bydgoszcz, so I need to go to bed. Happy to share another step forward. :)

Please enjoy more Oslo pics and race video link below.

Be well,

P

**100mh Oslo Race Footage**

Dita Does Doha-2 times

Latest Race was tonight in Doha May 14th. I was just here two months ago, if you read the blog you'll remember. While I was in warm up my sister went into labour....still no details because I don't have my mom and sister's cells memorized. And I left right after the race for Korea and had no time to charge my phone to look up contacts. So I've talked to no one. :(

All this second hand info came via Facebook postings on my wall from one of my sisters. But I am so excited to have my 10th (I know right) niece or nephew, even a good 4 weeks early.
Love you both!! Thinking of you on this 20hr day of travel...call you from Seoul!.

Aunty Perdita!! 10 times ;-)

Doha Diamond League 4th 12.73w

More Movie Magic...

My favorite Olympic lift is definitely the power clean, and in the last four weeks I've done a lot of it.

I am a movie making machine!

My latest video, it's basically a mash up of my indoor season.

www.youtube.com/perdites

Phoenix 2010

I'm in Phoenix for two weeks for AC's camp, it's been a great experience and I've got a lot out of the sessions. I missed the first few days because I wasn't feeling good enough to fly into town. I was able to get in some solid training this week and built up the intensity each day.

My annoying cold seems to be getting better, and on Thursday I felt well enough to hurdle. I was a bit nervous, I hadn't done any hurdling since Doha. And going from 5 hurdles indoors to 10 outdoors is always an adjustment. On top of that CBC was taping my training that day.

Anyhoo I have nothing but time in Phoenix, so I put together this video of my first stick session back. Rusty and far from July shape, but you know me, honored to do the work!

Getting it in.
P

I pride myself on my immunity. So to admit that I was sick for during my time in Doha, and got sick again starting last week in Toronto, bruises my ego.

I went to the doctor and asked him to diagnose me with adult onset allergies. I had to have this. Colds enter me and leave this holy temple w/ the quickness. (The quickness being Cold FX, zinc vitamin C and sheer will, all within 36 hours).

Not this time.

Doc laughed at me hysterically. I was shamed by his reaction, more so because I remembered how thin his walls are. I could overhear the entire issue of the young mother before me, who brought in her tiny baby because "he hasn't had a poop since yesterday". Doc laughed at her too (did I mention hysterically), as he bawled out "So what!".

Ouch. I could only imagine what the people in the waiting area were saying about me.

So apparently what makes me think Im too good to get a cold. And what license do I have not to get them back to back.

Dude was tripping. Can I get a bronchitis?, a whooping cough?....I went down my list of self diagnosis.

Nope. Nope. And Nope...

Turns out all the travel, competing and training all caused this cold to linger. And it never really left my system and most likely resurged. I was ordered to stop training to allow my body to rest so it could fight this bug properly. I took five days off and slowly built it up later this week. I feel much better but not perfect.

I was able to hurdle Thursday for the first time since my final in Doha and that made my week.

Very important since my season opener is in three weeks!. Right now I'm in Phoenix for two weeks for Athletic Canada's team training camp, and things are going great.

That's all for now. Cheers,

Perdi

With the craziness of indoors I didn't get a chance to post some links, so here they are.

Canada Reads 2010

The winner was crowned last week, unfortunately it wasn't my pick Fall On Your Knees. Congrats for Nikolski. If you missed the debates they are online, with full audio, video and one on one confessionals.

I know how big the Canada Reads brand is across the country and I worked very hard to be well prepared. So I was disappointed I could not get my book further in the competition. Yet despite not winning the top prize, I had a blast being a part of the 2010 edition.

This is what the Torontoist had to say about my role:

"Perdita Felicien, however, wins Canada Reads MVP for her passionate, no-holds barred commentary that shocked nearly every listener.... “I did not see Perdita Felicien coming,” Julie Wilson, former CBC Book Club guest host and current BookMadam, admitted. “For all the performance of what makes the ideal reader, the most thoughtful reader, the best-prepared reader, she just balls out loves Fall on Your Knees and that’s that. End of story. Say what you want, she’s leaving there with her fave book of all-time on her arm, and she got to debate it on behalf of one of her favourite authors. How bloody cool is that? I loved her. I absolutely loved her.”".

The producers and entire team made the experience one I won't soon forget. A special thanks to: Anne, Sarah, Barb, Rosie and the whole team at CBC!. And of course (my) author Anne-Marie MacDonald.

The Score Celebrates Black History Month

I was happy to be a part of The Score's Black History Series, which aired last month. During taping I had no clue the finished product would be as thought provoking and commanding as it proved to be. So glad I was able to lend my own female African-Canadian perspective.

What If?

Money Management

Education

Back in Action

I'm back in action. I had two days of nothingness on Monday and Tuesday. So beautiful this nothingness...

I had a grand old time sleeping while normal people were at work. And at night it was just me, cookie dough and infomercials. Gotta love Doha jetlag.

I could have got used to this...

Except before I knew it Wednesday came, and with it a text from coach, for me to get my tail back into gear. Dude would ruin a good thing.

Chaa.

I can't lie though, this week is very light, a mental break from the rigors of training. However, that means the next 5 weeks before my first outdoor race are going to be torture.

This is the phase that mimics fall base training. So think longer, faster intervals, more weight room days and hills. Basically more volume, intensity and puking track side.

Yes!.

Time is flying, my season opener is already just around the corner.

P