My Favourite Athletes

  • Allyson Felix
  • Carmelita Jeter
  • Lance Armstrong
  • Lauren Fleshman
  • Lolo Jones
  • Mo Farah
  • Tyson Gay

Thursday 23 September 2010

Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen!






Wow. Everything is going sooooo fast!! It's my last day of being 15 years old tommorow! Did a killer session tonight- 8 x 500m reps. Way off target, fitness/speed levels low. Thats what trainings for though! :P. School tommorow- i have badminton which is a laugh and also Gym hopefully after school.

Here are some funny pictures of me and my little sis!

Friendship is not something you learn in school.But if you havent learned the meaning of friendship,you really haven't learned anything-Ali

Favourite song today: As i'm leaving- David Gray

Saturday 18 September 2010

The love you take is equal to the love you make. (Beatles)

Wow. This time next week i shall be 16 years old! Time seems to be flying by. I haven't posted anything for a while because i have been busy with homework. I also have entered my grade 4 piano exam so i am going to have to write up a schedule to practice. I am playing Valse Lente by Vaughan Williams as one of my pieces and i love it a lot. I am excited about the Cross Country season ahead of me, even though my shins are trouble. Hopefully mum and dad can get me some xc spikes for my birthday :D Exciting times! Thats all, i have tonnes of homework!

There's beauty in the silver singing river
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can match the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes
- - -Bob Dylan, "Tomorrow is a Long Time"


White Blank Page- Mumford & Sons

Wednesday 8 September 2010

You laugh because I'm different, I laugh because you're all the same :)

I am in love. Love with the world! There is so much beautiful music, beautiful nature, it just makes me feel so alive. I love sitting still, listening to whatever is around; the waves on the beach, the feel of the breeze, the rustle of leaves. The feeling i get sometimes is indescribable; i can't explain it. I just feel so filled with love, passion, excitement and gratefulness. The satisfaction i have with what life has offered me is overwhelming.

I still get upset; i got upset last night because of what somebody said to me, they just snapped and it was unfair on my part because i was shouted at for no reason. However after crying i felt better and whilst i pretended to be asleep they came in & said; "good night, Alice". And all was forgiven. I feel on top of the world, i don't feel scared about what the future may hold; i feel mentally strong enough to challenge and face whatever the future may hold for me.

Today was lovely. I went for my piano lesson which was great as we had a cup of tea before and lots of nice chocolate biscuits. We talked about how today's society is so wound up about perfection & how success is so important.

However we believe that it is the effort put into anything which is the most important- not the sucess or who is the best. If everybody was great at everything it would be pointless. It would be boring. Likewise if everybody looked the same- this "perfect body" image which the media portrays, it would be so boring. It isn't actually physically possible to have a skinny stick-like figure & big boobs/bum. But this is the image which the media gives off to young women. And it is ridiculous.

Anyways, enough of my ranting, nobody really reads this, but it does help to put down my thoughts and feelings especially when most people don't want to listen or just don't understand.

Love, Alice

Favourite song today: Somethin' Special- Sheryl Crow

Thursday 2 September 2010

Someone to crowd you with lovesomeone to force you to care someone to make you come through who'll always be there as frightened as you of being alive

School tommorow! The start of Year 11. The last year of high school. 2 years of College after, then University!!

On Tuesday i had a good fitness run, and today a 30 minute tempo run. A few strides tommorow, then rest on Saturday for Sunday's racing which i am really excited about!

This last day was spent with my little sister & grandma. We went to town on the train which was much much cheaper than the bus. I bought an Athletics Weekly Magazine, but that was it! It was nice walking round town though and drinking Banana Milkshake & M&M's :D

I've gotta go now, prepare for tommorow!! Hopefully another successful school year of hard work! Hopefully i come out of it with good grades!

I love this quote:

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." John Lennon

Favourite song today: Thankyou- Jamelia