Aw, thanks VX family :-) I appreciate the mutual respect and inquiry on my whereabouts.

Training is going great! I have been going at it 6 days a week 2-4 hours a day since April 27th, so 9 months of full time training after a little time off, and things are better than ever for the most part. I have had some of my best pole vault practices of my career in the last couple of weeks, and I am definitely faster than ever. Hurdles are close to faster ever for me and shot put is close to the best in my life.

I have had 2 indoor track meets here in Houston the last month or so and they went great. I am just now deciding with my coach if I am going to go to the USA track and field Indoor national combined events championships in Indiana in early March or just start focusing on outdoor season asap (after all indoor is just practice for outdoor really).

The VX is ok, but I am having lots of random problems that I don't have the time or money to deal with right now, oh well, I will keep driving the LittleBeast until the wheels fall of anyway. Thanks again for all the nice comments everybody, I really appreciate it. This is a great community to be a part of :-)
-Ryan