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obviously i dont know anything about polevaulting. :) i should make sure before i say anything like that again. thanks! hopefully when track starts again next year, ill be ready and in shape. Good on you for having the desire to make an ambition reality. I'd like to offer another angle for you to c...

Was it a full tear, with the ligament completely separated from the bone, or a partial tear, with the ligament torn, but still attached? According to the doctor, it was a partial tear. He based that on the x-rays and on the mobility tests he had me do. I would move my right arm in a certain way and...

I participated in an Indoor Meet last December and actually pole-vaulted for the first time in 22 years. Sometime during the meet, I managed to tear my right rotator cuff. I went to the doctor in March when it became clear that I had more than just a strain and he shot my shoulder with cortisone. It...

Orignially posted on PoleVaultPower.com here: New novel about a High School Pole-Vaulter now available 84rules September 13, 2007 Hello all! Amazon.com has entered into some weird publishing agreement which has caused them to raise their book prices by $2.00 on all books that don't come from certain...

God! I can't wait to vault again!

Thanks for the info!

As a proud former Marine myself, I have three words for Col. DeBlanc:

"Semper Fi, sir."

Wow! Thanks for all the replies! I didn't know there were other vaulters like me in NoVa. I will most certainly be PMing those who requested it. That meet on December 16 sounds cool. I'd love to get more details on that. My wife sometimes tells me I'm crazy for thinking I can still do what I did as ...

If you can get a clinic like that together here in Northern Virginia, I'll be there.

... and haven't touched a pole since I was 17, exactly how hard will it be for me to get back into pole vaulting? I'd like to start vaulting again, but it is rather difficult here in Northern Virginia. I know the Potomac Valley Track Club has all comer meets, but training is a problem. The High Scho...

I know this would be considered a vanity post, but how about a copy of A Reason To Try?

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone. And thank you rainbowgirl28 for linking the cover and the synopsis. I am kind of curious though, does anyone know of any other novels (i.e. fictional stories) that have ever been written about a pole-vaulter? I don't mean short stories or novellas, but real nove...

The release date for the sports-fiction novel A REASON TO TRY has been set for November 12, 2007. Pre-orders can only be made through PublishAmerca for right now. (Until Amazon or Barnes & Noble pick it up.) Click on the following link: A REASON TO TRY available from Publish America Also availab...