I'm on my way home

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. ~Anthony Brandt

My family is my heart without them I would be nothing!

My sister is my best friend and can't put into words the love I have for her son my nephew Max. So I'm going home to get my Maduaka fix.

Its a fleeting visit but one that I need. Albeit also to pack some warm clothes and get my hair done.

I'm home till the weekend and then back to ATL.

Not enough hours to get myself into trouble. lol

Credit for my WAM Degree

Tonight I decided to gain credit towards my WAM Degree (Wife and Mother) lol

Up at Chateau Segrave Loren rules the kitchen with the best of them. Jamie Oliver, Lloyd Grossman. If you want a good feed after practice this is the place to be. Part of the reason why Derrick has been hanging out a lot. Claiming to be over watching video of the days training session. It just always so happens to be around dinner time. lol. He thinks we don't know. Well the cats out the bag now.

Anyway. I was having a Dorothy 'There's no place like home cravings' (English treats). I passed by Harry's to raid the English aisle. Found a Lloyd Grossman curry stir in sauce and offered to cook.



So with a little help from my kitchen assistants. Chief chopper upper Kyle O'Day (Massage Therapist) and Loren I gained my first credits for the WAM Degree that Anthony (Weight Room Coach) thinks all women should obtain. Not sexist at all. lol



God knows what other modules he thinks are in the syllabus. lol

Feel free to suggest some modules and please please please keep it clean. lol

Update: LUSSI

The main track that I train at whilst in Atlanta is Life University. The program that allows us to use the facility is called LUSSI Elite. Basically itsan extension of Life University’s sports health science program.

Last night was the first in a series of lectures targeted at Coaches, Physical Therapists, Athletics Trainers, other sports professionals and athletes in all sports.




This is how I met Clive Brewer. Clive was the first speaker. He spoke about "Periodization for Team Sports", how to manage players' training over the entire year, especially related to maintaining the biomotor abilities during the competition season. Yeah I thought it would be a little too techi but it was actually pretty cool to sit at the back and listen.


Clive was also available over the past two days to watch our weight room and track session. He gave me some great technical pointers to help me with my lifts.

Pics of the time with Clive below.

Anthony's TV Debut

Yesterday Anthony (Assistant Coach) had a screening gathering for his appearance on MTV's Made. Basically a kid asks MTV to make them into whatever they desire. Avery decided he wanted to be made into a basketball player. Anthony was one of his coaches during the process.

MADE - MTV Shows

Some of us from the group went along to support him. It was a nice gathering and lets just say we saw a little snippet of the other side of Anthony that we don't see at practice. Anthony was pretty hard on this kid. lol

I will post the full episode when it becomes available.



I had a pretty busy day yesterday. Hills and weight room in the morning. Anthony's screening in the afternoon. Plus Loren and I had a radio interview with Dr Casey Cooper Ph.D on 'The Dr Casey Show'

We discussed my current goals and focus, What led me to make my coaching shift to Atlanta, The differences in my training and my body's ability to recover, my values and philosophies which enable me to continue my drive to compete.
It was a nice interview which did not cover the usual stuff that I am asked.

I will post the podcast when it becomes available.

Chateau Segrave Chess Challenge

Tonight we had the first of I'm sure many Chess challenges.

Derrick Atkins gave me a Bahamina ass kicking. All I can say is that it has been a very long time since I played. Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it. In good old sprinter mode he trash talked whilst I called myself the 'Silent Assasin'.

And then the Grand Master (Loren) stepped into the hot seat. Poor Derrick!! lol

Lets just say Derrik got his second lesson of the day from the coach. He learnt about 'Castling' albeit part way through the game. lol

The body languge said it all. Derrick lent forward poised for attach. Whilst Loren sat back calm planing a not so painful onslaught. Did Derrick think he was really going to win? The sad this is he really thinks/thought he was going to win.

Sitting and watching the game you could see that Loren was a good 3 moves ahead in thought than Derrick.

Now I always thought the sprinter boys spent every waking moment when not practing or competing playing Xbox and chasing women. Derrick dispelled that myth this evening by putting up a pretty good fight. Im sure he will be back for another thrashing. lol

Final score


Derrick 1 - Joice 0

Loren 1 - Derrick 0