http://trackmom.com "Everything Youth Track and Field" Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:19:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en       How Fast Is Shaq? Can you teach a world class B-Ball Player to sprint like a World Recorder holder? I often hear people talk about how "so-and- so" could do a host of athletic pursuits well because of his  or her great abilty in a particular sport...REALLY?  Does A  Really Equal B ... http://trackmom.com/2010/09/05/a-funny-sight-in-deed/   Mom and Lauren USATF Junior Olympics 2010 This has been a very busy summer  for our family,and now ( finally) it is back to school next Wednesday the September 8th for Lauren. We have had a great summer but I need to get back to my regular schedule, all this vacation time (mostly Lauren's not ... http://trackmom.com/2010/09/03/track-season-is-overschool-is-almost-in-again/ Good as Gold  For Taylor Finley  Taylor Finley, is an ambitious out going honor roll student From Huston Texas that loves to run fast.  She runs with the Wings Track Club in Missouri City, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Her mom recalls" As soon as she could walk, she was running all over the house and now she's all ... http://trackmom.com/2010/08/17/taylor-makes-good-on-her-goals/ Getting back in the swing of things today I was reading some sites I frequent and I ran (no pun intended) across this very cute story from Carribean Track Life On Line. Everyone wants to know what's the secret to the fast Jamaicans, well this high school  track athlete  says she has ... http://trackmom.com/2010/08/14/so-thats-the-secret/ Dr.Bill Booker of Capitol Rehab  and Lauren visiting DC before we head home to California Well the last post I wrote  was a catch up about the USATF Junior Olympics and now this is the wrap up of the second week in Norfolk Virgina for the AAU Junior Olympic Games picking up were I left off ....... Tuesday ... http://trackmom.com/2010/08/13/trackmom-jo-diaries-part-2/ TrackMom Diaries lets catch up now With all my ups anddowns the past couple of weeks during this Junior Olympic "tour" I decided to write a bit in a journal-like form so when I got back it would be a kind of catch up of sorts. I didn't write daily but ... http://trackmom.com/2010/08/12/im-backkkkk-trackmom-diaries-my-jo-review/ Greetings from TrackMom, I am having a horrible trip so far..I just accidentally erased 600 words  from this post and i just don't have the time to rewrite it all  : - ( Here's the quick low down drive was beautiful, weather is perfect here,hotel is fine and my mother board crashedon my ... http://trackmom.com/2010/07/28/traveling-arriving-and-now-there-is-no-computer-in-sacramento/     As we prepare for the 2010 USATF and AAU Junior Olympics the most pressing thought on Lauren's mind for the past week or so was her birthday.  Happy she doesn't have to run on her  actual birthday, all she could talk about was her party,going to the beach and all the friends that ... http://trackmom.com/2010/07/26/happy-11th-birthday-lauren-now-it-time-to-run/     Quiet Fire's Happy 2009 Midget Girls 4x800m Relay Silver  Medalist Even though the USATF 2010 Junior Olympics has not commenced yet, many of you are already planning for next year and wondering JUST WHERE WILL THE NATIONAL MEETS BE HELD?..... Well here is the brief but helpful low down for those of you that ... http://trackmom.com/2010/07/18/did-you-know-2/                     Chyna Ries...Mission "The Podium Times 3" As a young child Chyna Ries was hospitalized multiple times with asthma including her most serve case on 9-11-01,in the emergency room of Childrens Hospital on oxygen  to help her stabilize her breathing. Initially her parents thought sports would not be a option for her, but as time went on they found out that ... http://trackmom.com/2010/07/14/watch-chyna-soar/