Less than 10 days away: USA’s

Posted on June 13, 2013 by movingdowntherighttrack

Hey Everyone,

So I know its been a while since my last post.  Time just started running from me, one thing after the next… However, now we are in June, less than 10 days away from the USA Nationals, and all I can say is things are beginning to come full circle.  I am going into nationals more confident than last year which I am excited about.  Now I must be honest and say although things are coming around, this year has been TUFF… I have been battling a lot of little over use injuries from the intense workouts and new system I’ve been training.

The past few days I have been training off and on to allow my body rest and recovery to compete next week.  The hard part is done now its all about maintaining what I have built relax and stay focused.  All I ask from my fans is to cheer me on and enjoy the journey through nationals.  I will keep updates flowing through my twitter from the moment I leave and start the trip.  Thanks for the support

xoxo MacKenzie

 

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Recharged, Recovered, and Ready to go (Cryothealthcare)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by movingdowntherighttrack

Hey Everyone,

So its been a while since my last post, and since then, I have competed in a few meets, working my way into race shape.  My most recent race took place this past weekend at Pasadena where I Pr’d in the 100h.  I haven’t run the 100h competivitively in a long time so I was happy I  was able to get out there and run a solid race.  I did make a few technical errors however, I know next time I line up it will be better.  After that race I feel like I really opened up and it has shown up in my practices thus week.

Now I remember last time I posted I was talking about the beating I was taking.  Now I am still taking a beating out there, but I have been fighting back with intense treatment.  One place that has played a key role in helping maintain my body is Cryohealthcare http://www.cryohealthcare.com/ , doing a treatment called cryotherapy.  Cryotherapy is a whole body cold treatment that improves recovery time, performance, and it helps with inflammation along with a number of other things.  Interestingly it actually started as a treatment for Arthritic patients, in the 70′s.  However, it is now sparking the interest of athletes across an array of sports.

Now with that said the place I get the treatment done is in Los Angeles and they have been GREAT.  After about 2 or 3 treatments I started noticing a difference in how my body was feeling.  My aches and pains began to subside and become much more manageable.   Dr. Jonas Kuehne, his wife Emilia, and his brother Robin have been great.  Its always pleasant to be at  there facility, its a high energy, peaceful place.  I’m there about 2 times a week at least for this 3min treatment that has made all the difference in my practices.  I encourage anyone in the LA area, who is physically active or experiencing pain or discomfort to try them.   I always feel a little pep in my step and boost of energy when I leave, in addition, its always wonderful being in a positive environment.

xoxo MacKenzie

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Quick Update: Taking a Beating

Posted on February 8, 2013 by movingdowntherighttrack

Hey Everyone,

So I haven’t been talking about training much so I wanted to come give you a quick update… I don’t even know where to start… Training has been so INTENSE I don’t even know what to say or how to describe it.  My body is surely taking a beating.  This is definitely a situation in what doesn’t kill me will only make me stronger.  There have been days where getting out of the bed hurt.  Those days the end of practice couldn’t come fast enough.  The only thing that was getting me thru was adrenaline!!!  I mean everything has hurt at one point from me feet to my back, heck even one day my ARMS were hurting.  I know in the long run I’m going to benefit but as for now I am getting the beating of my life…   I’m sure you can imagine how happy my body was when I got the text saying I have a few days off… Yes I said how happy my BODY was to get the signal of a little recovery time.  These days couldn’t have come soon enough. So I am taking the weekend to relax recovery and spend some time with the family.  I hope every has had a productive week and look forward to my VIDEO next week ;-) …

xoxo MacKenzie

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Entrepreneurs Vs. Athletes

Posted on January 27, 2013 by movingdowntherighttrack

Hey everyone,

Hope everyone had a positive and productive week.  Over the past few weeks I have been training harder than I ever have, in a new training group and working on building a company all at the same time.   Training and starting a company are both extremely difficult, alone, so just imagine I’m trying to do both at the same time.

Since I am working on building a company, I have been reading a lot of business articles and entrepreneurial articles.  An article I read today was very interesting.  It was a post that moved me as both an Entrepreneur and Athlete.  The post was The 2 Most Important Rules for Entrepreneurs, posted by @JohnMuldoon , below is a link to the post.

The article talks about two important rules and although the writer applied it to Entrepreneurs, one of the rules applies to athletics, aswell.  The rule he mentions is to create more than you consume.  Now what does that mean?  It means basically that you should do more work or put out more of your own content, or just focus on achieving your goals more than you focus on what someone has produced or someone else’s content.  People can get caught up in what other people are doing, and loose sight of their own dreams, especially with all of this Reality TV.  Some examples of opportunities to consume he used in his article are, “…reality TV, Facebook,  games on your phone, 24-hour news networks…” just to name a few.  He described creating with, “you have to make stuff. Whether it’s software, or food, iPads, advice, gourmet spices, an electric car, or even a blog post…entrepreneurs are defined by what we create.”

Now I know you may be sitting there thinking, huh, ok interesting but how does athletics fit in this picture?  It fits because for us to improve and succeed in athletics we cannot be consumers.  We cannot just sit around watching sporting events, looking at results, or watch ESPN seeing what other athletes are doing, CONSUMING information.  Although, it may be helpful it is not going to get us where we want to go or position us, to be successful.   We must train, compete, get treatment, fuel our bodies,  along with a host of other things, in order to CREATE our opportunity for success, CREATE our RESULTS.  We must “do stuff” to produce results, because athletes like Entrepreneurs, are defined by the RESULTS we CREATE…

http://theyounginc.com/profiles/blogs/the-2-most-important-rules-for-entrepreneurs

xoxo MacKenzie

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A New Light On WOMEN In Sports!!

Posted on January 9, 2013 by movingdowntherighttrack

Hey everyone, HAPPY NEW YEAR

Now since its a new year I thought to shine a new light on a subject that already carries its own weight and meaning…

So, around 7:30am while I was lying in bed, a thought popped in my mind that I decided I HAD to talk about!!! So as I laid there, I thought about women in sports and how important our participation is.  I mean, I know people often say it’s good for girls to be in sports because it builds confidence and character, and teaches responsibility, discipline, and teamwork but really it is MUCH more than that.  Women and girls, alike are not only building confidence for their futures in Corporate America, but their efforts are also motivating and inspiring women in the Board Room and Corporate America of today.

As women and girls are out there competing with and like the boys across sports such as, Tennis, Track, Swimming, Basketball, Rowing, and Beach Volleyball, to name a few, we are showing we are able to take command and control like any man out there.  We are setting records and making history along side the best of them, demonstrating that women are capable of making, good judgment calls, tough decisions, and executing tasks just like the boys.  These subliminal yet monumental actions are giving women in Corporate American fuel to do the same, whether they are sitting down at the round table with their male colleagues, or working on a team with majority males, or even in the class room, in a subject that is “male” dominate, such as math and science.  Knowing that there is a girl or woman out there standing tall not backing down gives others that extra push to conquer their dreams and truly own their positions.

I often hear, that I inspire others, because I go out on the track, in my OWN lane, and race a field of 7 women, showcasing my abilities, nationally and internationally, with everyone watching; while, most people exhibit their abilities in private.  When you are on the track there is no where to hide, it is just you, your lane, and the other 7  individuals out there racing one another, but really racing the clock.  That drive, determinate, and fight that we as athletes have to be number 1 motivates and strengthens women in all professions and ranks…

So with that said, the involvement of women and girls in sports goes further than just how a single individual will benefit in the long run, but it extends to women’s advancement in the present.

xoxo MacKenzie

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Hard Work: Trying to be Positive and Patient…

Posted on December 23, 2012 by movingdowntherighttrack

Hey Everyone,

The past few weeks have been hectic with training and the Holidays…. I mean training is really kicking my but right now, I have never trained so hard.  Every workout is tough and then the fact that I am struggling with my asthma doesn’t help!!  There have been days where I wanted to cry because at times it seems like I am not improving, whether it was because I am not hitting the times or my body is hurting so badly that I can not train at my best.  I HATE HATE HATE not hitting my times and/or not training at my best, so this fall has been T-U-F-F!!  It is a season where being mentally tough is a must, and understanding that I will get better as time goes.  I have been training on my own outside of practice doing drills and things to help close the gap and become better at what we are doing out there.  In fact the extra work is slowly paying off.  My times and technique is improving :-) in one area I can confidently say…  So that is one thing I am happy about!!  But this week I have identified another area that needs some work!!! Now there is a new area I will be focusing on, on my “off” days and extra training session.  All I can say is I’m keeping my head down and steadily pushing forward.  I know my hard work will pay off in the END…  SO FOR NOW I’M TRYING TO BE POSITIVE AND PATIENT UNTIL MY TIME COMES!!!

xoxo MacKenzie

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Breaking Through: Making Progress…

Posted on November 28, 2012 by movingdowntherighttrack

Hey Everyone,

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving… The past few weeks have been extremely busy, filled with hard work on and off of the track.  Building a company and training is nothing short of exhausting, however, fun at the same time :-) … Yet I had to MAKE time to post, for a number of reasons, one being I think I finally had a break through in training, and two because its just been to long!!!

Now I said I had a break through because I finally completed a tough work out that I can say went well.  I didn’t master the workout, but I walked away feeling good about it.  I feel like although there is room for improvements, I am making progress.  This is the toughest part of the season for me, but I know I am going to make it through I am really excited and cant wait til we get through this fall season training!!!

MacKenzie

xoxo MacKenzie

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4 Years Have Past…

Posted on November 12, 2012 by movingdowntherighttrack

Its been 4 yrs
A lot has happened
In fact we re-elected Obama as our captain
I’ll never 4get sending you that email telling you we did it
I still read it over time to time wishing things were different
Re-reading all them emails we were sending back an forth during that time
I remember us joking bout being n different countries at the same time

u were in South Korea doing your Air Force thing and me in Europe living my Track and Field dream
Even tho time has pasted I’m still shedding tears
Still learning life lessons
Holding you close to my chest
Daily passing and failing test
Still don’t understand why God put u to rest
But its not for me to get just be thankful for the time we spent!!!

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A tough practice for a tough day!!

Posted on November 12, 2012 by movingdowntherighttrack

WOW so a lot has happened since ELECTION DAY!!! I hope everyone got out to VOTE that was really important, regardless as to who you were voting for just exercising your right to do it was BIG!!

However, since then I have had a few tough practice OMG, today being one of them of course… Today was just a hard one all around, today is the anniversary of my cousins death 4 years ago, which is always a hard day, and today while talking to a good friend of mine about it she encouraged me to do something special for her today and do it every year.  What I have decided to do is name a star after her, and my friend told me should would go out with me to find it once I get everything so I am really excited to do that.  Now my ANGEL will be a star in the sky looking down upon me every night, and I will be able to look up at her.  Now, today at practice was a whole different story that took my mind off of everything!!! The winds were blowing like crazy, which in other words my allergies were kicked up some and my asthma tried to creep up on me a little bit, but I got thru the work out, I didn’t let it stop me.  Today was a workout I really needed to get through, so even though I was having some trouble I thought fast and figured out how to make it work.  I need days like this to get me through the rounds and to be able to compete against my competition in  a few months.  I am glad I got through it tho. Now, I’m dead and exhausted so I’m going to wrap this up and hopefully I feel better later this week because I have a post I really want to talk about.  It is the importance of girls in sports and how not only does it effect their futures but also women of today.

xoxo MacKenzie

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Election Ready 2012

Posted on November 5, 2012 by movingdowntherighttrack

Hey Everyone,

As you all know tomorrow is ELECTION day and I hope everyone is #ELECTIONREADY.  Over the weekend I helped get out the vote and have been encouraging people to vote in this up coming election, because it is important to use your voice, every voice counts.  I went to the African American Voter Rep Rally on Saturday and I was so happy to see so many people out there ready to vote, and ready to encourage others to do the same.  It was a great event that showed that people know the importance of their voices.  As I have been talking to my friends about voting and the different propositions that will be on the ballot it ocuured to me that many people are confused about the different propositions.  They are not clear what the propositions are really saying.  So I have been encouraging voters to check out African American Voter Rep site (http://africanamericanvoterrep.org/) to help get educated on the different props, what they mean and even check out their recommendations, which are posted below.  I Believe Voting is important and that no-one should let anything stop them from voting, and knowing what you are voting for is CRITICAL…

xoxo MacKenzie

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