Track and Field Blogs - Jenny Barringer

Days of travel are finally moving out of my legs and today's track session was a sweet confirmation. My coach, Wetmore, got in last night and so that means I was back on the track this morning. With a spring in my step and Mark's thumb on the watch, I put in some good intervals in hot weather. The morning began again at 5:30am when I woke up after a solid 8 or 9 hours of sleep. Sleep and fluids are the most important prescription for recovery. So, I entertained myself again until breakfast and then met with Mark to go over my highly anticipated workout plans for today. I ran a few longer intervals pretty hard and then finished up with some short snappy stuff. There was an entire Chinese army out there to help us keep things flowing efficiently. Billy actually did some barrier work but when I wanted the water jump changed to the women's height about 5 Chinese volunteers hustled to the site and had the barrier changed in a jiffy.

The track itself was pretty nice. Rubber I think, but brand new. My understanding is that some of these facilities were just recently built just for the occasion of the USA team coming to train. If the track wasn't new, it was just recently resurfaced and when Billy and I went over the water jump we noticed we were putting the very first spike marks into the wood.

I finally feel back to normal. It's about 12:30pm and I actually feel like it's 12:30pm! We're headed out in about an hour to go on a little excursion to some downtown areas. It'll be nice to get out of the hotel and off of these grounds for a little while.

I know there were some requests to see some of our gear. I am having some trouble getting photos and video up on my computer but if I can figure it out I'll get that up here for you guys. There was a lot of media out at the track the past two days, so if you can find any of those clips we're all wearing a variety of our issued clothes. Please, feel free to ask me questions (I don't always know what to write about) and I'll do my best to give you all an idea of what I'm up to over here.

For the next few days it's all about consistency and focus...