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US Nationals Well, I returned home to Dallas last night - or this morning, I should say - from USA Nationals in LA. I can honestly say that I would just assume learn from my mistakes and move on with my season, than to sit and drown in my sorrows for what happend. I have always said that I have never learned so much from all my successes as I have from one failure. I can say quite confidently that this loss was one of the most disappointing of my career, but it's time to move forward. Tomorrow is another day! After the meet on Thursday, I took Friday off. I was supposed to arrive home to Dallas at 9pm, but instead I arrived home at 2am, due to a huge delay from the plane's "technical malfunctions". I guess it's better to find that out on the ground, as opposed to in the air, but it was still just one more thing to add to a week I would rather forget. I felt like I was Tom Hanks in "The Terminal" as we were stranded in LAX Airport, collecting food vouchers and killing time. Today (Saturday) I was back to the track, running 120's and pounding out some plyos. It was good to get back on the track, because after a disappointing meet, I've always seemed to attack the next workouts and meets with more vengance. I realize that the person who jumped 1.85m on Thursday and placed fourth at USA's was definitely not the real Erin Aldrich. It's not part of the game to make the same mistakes twice, so you live and you learn. You can always take your failures and turn them into success if you learn from your mistakes! I talked to my coach this morning, and we talked about my schedule for the summer. I will continue to jump, most likely in Europe, and train hard to be prepared for The World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, should I go. The next few days will be dedicated to putting together my summer schedule and training hard for what's to come. Until next time... Erin |