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No dramas is my new favorite saying, picked it up at the Sydney airport when the virgin Australia crew was trying to get my poles from international to domestic. After trying to fit them on the bus, which of course didn't work, I came back inside and the guy said "no dramas mate", yes! If only every time I flew with poles it was no dramas mate, life would be so much easier. Needless to say I

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Hey everyone, I wanted to jump on here and first tell you that Im going to be jumping at Notre Dame at 6 on Friday.  If your a local fan it would be awesome to have you come out and cheer me on, Ive jumped well at ND in the past, last year I jumped 18'5" and this year I have my sights set on 19'. Training has been going well this week, I have heard from a few of you that you wanted to know what

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Reno Pole Vault Summit, this event is one of the few reasons that I dreamed of becoming a professional pole vaulter. When I first attended the Summit it was in 2007, I was totally in awe of these guys that were jumping over 18ft, I remember thinking there wasnt anything I wanted more than to be one of the elites jumping in front of everyone. 2 years later I was in the elite division and what an

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Always Pursuing -Mark-

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Thought Id upload a few videos of practice yesterday, my good friend Adam Pierson came down from Chicago for a few days and gave me a couple of things to work on.  Adam is originally from Bourbonnais, Illinois which is the same town as ONU where I went to college.  He vaulted at University of Illinois and moved to Texas training as a post collegiate, Adam helped me out a ton in my first years out

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Competed at Grand Valley State University in Allendale Michigan on Friday.  I can say I wasnt too pleased with how it turned out, but I instantly learned what I needed to fix and was able to do so today in practice so all in all it was successful.  I decided to jump from 7 lefts at the meet and can say that most of the things I had been working on all went down the drain.  I was not getting my

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In my part of the world, Northern Indiana, its started to get cold, I know a lot of you are lucky enough to live where its not cold and will never be cold, I envy you.  But for the rest of us, why not don a warm hoody that  shows your support for an Olympic hopeful.  I have a limited number of hoodies and because Im in a Christmas, giving mood Ive reduced the price to 27 dollars!!! Always

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About a month and a half ago I talked with my gymnastics coach Andy Poe at Gymnastics Michiana about doing a demo into the foam pit at the gym.  I kind of forgot about it and last week Andy reminded me that the meet was coming up this weekend and wondered if I was still down for doing a demo.  I of course was as Gymnastics Michiana has helped me out a ton and thought it would be a good chance to

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It's been too long since my last post so figured I better jump on here and give a little update on how things have going. First of all I will tell you that the fundraiser was a great success! We ended up raising over 1200 dollars at the silent auction and t-shirt sales. I had a great time with the kids that came out, they went through a series of activities to teach a healthy lifestyle. They

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I am proud to announce my debut as an actor/spokesman in this web commercial.  My wife contacted Byron the owner of Cordaroys asking if he would want to work together.  After learning about me he said that when people ask him what is inside the beanbags he tells them its the same thing as a pole vaulter lands on.  So we worked with the local dealer Sean, who has a display in University Park Mall

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Hey guys I wanted to jump on here quick and make sure everyone knew about the fundraiser thats going on tonight at the High Dive Park Pavillion in Elkhart, In.  Its going on from 6-730pm tonight, Im really excited because this is not only a fundraiser, its a chance for kids and familys to come and learn a little more about living a healthy, happy life.  I love to meet people and tell them that Im

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Hey everybody! I am very excited to tell you that I have new t-shirts! I have been working with Ashley Whittaker of Go Go Creative Consulting. Ashley designed the first shirts and I loved what she did the first time around, well she blew me out of the water with these new designs! Also when I say Ive been working with her I just asked her to design me new shirts, all the credit is hers.

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This past week I drove to Concordia, Kansas to Jonesboro, Arkansas and back home, and put about 2200 miles on Amanda's '95 Chevy Corsica, all with the poles strapped to the side of the car. I went to Kansas for the Tailwind pole vault club's Doctoberfest competition. It was an awesome short run competition where we all ended up jumping from 4 or 5 lefts, Jeremy Scott ended up winning with 17'.

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In my last post I told that while watching the world championship vault comp I was inspired and motivated. Motivated knowing that to have any chance at a medal I need to be jumping 5.90m/19'4 or higher and inspired because I am just as fast, and strong as the best guys in the world, which led me to ask what am I missing thats allowing them to jump so much higher than I am. I came to the

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Im sitting in the Tokyo Narita airport waiting for my flight to Detroit, Ive had a great time here, being a part of the World Championships and having the privilege to wear USA across my chest is something I will never forget.  My performance here at the meet was like a lot of this outdoor season has been, dissapointing. Now dont get me wrong I had a great time, the hard part is knowing how

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Its my 4th day here in Daegu, Korea and at the moment it's raining but for the most part the weather has been nice.  I know I haven't updated the blog recently but as you can tell I made the team for the World Championships!  What an amazing experience, just to receive the USA gear in the mail, to try on the uniform and know that in only 3 days I will make my debut as a member of the greatest

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Always Pursuing -Mark-

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Haha so here I am in the Bratislava airport of all places and they have free WiFi! Woohoo! I thought i would use the 5 hours i have before my flight to upload a few videos. So here they are in chronological order, my favorite is either the 5.60 make at the Gill Factory vault just because the top is so smooth, if i could do that all the time, oooh baby. The 70 make is pretty good as well, that

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This sport can drive a man crazy!  I forgot to tell you that over the weekend at the Gill Factory Vault I jumped 5.70m/18'8" a season best!  I was feeling pretty good about it and excited about coming overseas to jump in a couple of meets, and I still am dont get me wrong.  I landed in Munich around 8am on Monday and was picked up and driven about 4 hours to Vienna.  I jumped here in Vienna last

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Well Im here now in Vienna after about 26 hours of travel.  I had a huge blog written that took me probably 4 hours and I opened up my browser to send it and its all gone!  So heres the replacement. Like I said in my last post I was really struggling the last month and a half or so.  My last trip to Europe was a disaster, it was like I had totally forgot how to pole vault, I couldnt hit a

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Well needless to say its been a while since my last post, and the reasoning is that I was jumping like crap!  I didnt really know why it was happening, all i knew is that i forgot how to pole vault.  I no-heighted my last 2 meets in Europe and I can tell you it sure was nice to get back to the states after that.  Even tho the results were not what i wanted, i feel like i got some great practice

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Well I ended up only jumping 540m/17'9" and finishing 4th but it's hard to describe how hard it can be to jump high here in Europe.  With a lot of Mets here there in stadiums, and if there's any wind at all it can really swirl and blow in any direction, which was the case today.  During warm- ups I might have a decent tailwind in the back and then half way through my run it would turn to a

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I made it to Hengelo after quite the trip over. My flight out of Chicago was delayed so i got into Atlanta right about the time my flight to Germany was taking off. So Delta put me on the next flight to Barcelona and from there onto Dusseldorf. By the time I made it to Dusseldorf it was already 8 hours after i was first supposed to be there. My poles made it but my other bag with my clothes

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Always Pursuing -Mark-

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I've come down to St Louis to spend the week with my buddy Jeff Hartwig.  I've come down here to get a fresh perspective on my jump by having a fresh set of eyes to watch and give me feedback.  We jumped yesterday and watched video lady night and really figured some pretty cool things out that I think are going to make a big difference in my jump.  Im planning on jumping again tomorrow and then

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Well that's not what I wanted to end up with.   Ended up jumping  my opening height of 540m/17'9.  I made it easily and was very happy to get the first height out of the way.  The bar went up to 550m/18', and I'm not really sure what is going on but I'm just not setting up the takeoff right on my last two steps and so when I hit the box sometimes I get jarred a bit rather than really hitting the

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I show up to the airport today ready to depart for my first Diamond league meet in Doha.  I check in pay for the poles and proceed through security.  Minutes after I sit down a lady comes to me and says she has bad news, the poles are not going to be able to make it on the plane, I look outside and see the biggest plane I've ever flown on.  She says they measured the poles and looked in their

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Its Monday morning and im busy packing and preparing for a very exciting week in Des Moines Iowa.  As many of you know the mall vault at the Jordan Creek mall in Des Moines is one of if not my favorite place to jump in the world.  3 years ago at the mall I went in with a PB of 5.50m/18' and came out with a new PB of 5.71m/18'8", I ended up finishing 2nd to Derek Miles on misses.   Then 2 years

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Heres one of the best jumps from practice the other day.  Working on keeping the right arm straight as I extend up the pole.  Im really excited about the progress were making, long run day today, will post more videos later. Always Pursuing -Mark-

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Well its been a month since my last post and I have to apologize. But, at least I have many valid excuses as to why. 1. Moved into new house 2. Got a black lab puppy 3. I was knocked on my butt with back spasms for a week 4. Just recently got our internet hooked up Most of these things have brought excitement to my life but have brought along with them stress.  I planned on taking about 2 weeks

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Its the morning of the USA Indoor National Championships in Albuquerque and I thought i better write about my last couple of meets before i have another and have to write about all 3.   I had a meet in Prague and struggled a bit.  My run felt really good but i just couldnt dial in my last 2 steps to hit a good takeoff.  For me to put together a great jump I have to be completely over top of my

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I made it to Prague after the meeting in Donetsk.  What a great time i had!  It was an amazing experience to be around such talent, past and present.  This truly was a World Championship final, maybe missing 1 or 2 great vaulters.  The trip as a whole was not too bad, not nearly as bad as I was thinking it would be.  The flights were fine, they are taking much bigger planes from Kiev to Donetsk

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Always Pursuing -Mark-

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Don't you just love it when you have everything planned out perfectly. Flight booked, poles in storage at the airport, and all I have to do is walk 5 min, jump on a train, transfer to one other train, pick up the poles at storage and check in at the airport. It all sounded so promising, a day of international travel with little to no stress. Wouldn't that have been nice! It started off

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So I didn't have a ton of time to write about the meet in Landau so I just threw up some videos to keep everyone happy for a little while until i had the chance to sit down and write a little more.  So here is me writing a little more, which may turn into a whole lot more, i guess we will just have to see. I tell you what if i didn't have the few friend i have here or have met the people i have

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Always Pursuing -Mark-

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Always Pursuing -Mark-

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5.38 make Always Pursuing -Mark-

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The start of the meeting in Linz was not looking good.  I didnt finish a jump all of warmups, couldnt really figure out what was going on but it wasnt good.  I knew that once the bar went up things should be better.  I started at 5.25/17' just to make a bar easily, well it took me all 3 tries to make it easily!  Talk about some unneeded stress!  But on my third jump i was feelign much more

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Well after an 8 hour flight to Germany, a 2 hour flight to Vienna, and a 2 hour van ride to Linz I made it!  Its good to be here, theres always a lot of stress that goes into getting here, making sure the poles make it, did i pack everything, and so on.  Its the morning of my first meet here in Linz, I am staying in this dorm like hotel, its not a 5 star place but Ive had worse.  I have 2 

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 Well guys this week has been a little bit crazy, im preparing not only for one of my favorite meets, the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada but im also packing for a 3 week stint in Europe.  Thats not all, Amanda and I have just signed a lease to move into our first house!  We are very excited to have some more space, a garage, and especially a backyard.  With all that going on it has been a

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Ok i decided to post my near miss at 5.72m/18'9" and the pole break 2 jumps earlier. This is the first pole ive broken in 7 years! I am actually really lucky that this pole broke when it did, I could've broken it next week in Reno or even when i was in Europe! That would have been a catastrophe. Im jumping better that ive ever jumped before in my life! I cant wait to get the new poles and get

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That felt good!!!! Probably the best jump of my life, bar is at 18', pole is 5m/16'5" 215lbs run from 134' takeoff is 13'9". Approach feels really solid, my speed is already back if not even faster than last year. I ended up jumping 17'9" 18' and then i made 18'5" on my third attempt, which was also a good jump but not quite as good as this one. after 18'5" I raised the bar to 5.72m/18'9"

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Holy cow! We have been slammed with snow over the weekend, South Bend got a total of about 39 inches in a little over one day! We didnt get as much here in Elkhart but still got quite a lot. Luckily it was over the weekend so by the time we needed to go to South Bend for practice the roads were clear enough that we could make it. Since a little before Christmas I have been jumping over at

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I hope that all of you had a safe and wonderful holiday. I spent Christmas with my wifes family in western New York. I was there for a week and was able to get some workouts in at Brockport High School. We came back a few days after Christmas, got back wednesday night, practiced thursday morning and headed to my parents house in northern Illinois to hang out with my family. We returned to

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practice jump from the 21st, bungee at 18' from 7 lefts Always Pursuing -Mark-

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Well I jumped at Grand Valley State University on Friday. I wanted to do the meet to have some fun, jump from a short run and use it as a glorified practice. Warmups started and I was just moving through all the poles in my bag! I hadnt jumped on any of my new 5 meter poles and i was able to jump on all of the ones that i brought! I ended up jumping 5.40m/17'9". I wish it could have been

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Weve been back at 7 lefts for about 2 weeks now, really nailing down the approach first and then working on the vault.  Well i was getting a little frustrated about how i was jumping, it just didnt feel right, I was just missing it.  I couldnt really put my finger on it until last night while watching video.  So today i started practice by just doing half drills where i just worry about the first

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-29620683475631796482010-12-11T01:24:00.001-05:002010-12-11T01:26:07.530-05:00

Ok I just ordered a bunch of these patches, it turns out i will be at the Reno Pole Vault Summit this year and am planning on bringing a ton of t-shirts and these patches to the summit.  If your going to be at the summit and would like one, let me know, and ill reserve one for you.  Always Pursuing -Mark-

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-78905150317859583992010-12-09T09:11:00.002-05:002010-12-09T09:11:57.739-05:00

Alright I have the new T-Shirts in, I ordered about 55 more t-shirts in all adult sizes.  Thes shirts would make an awesome Christmas gift for any vault or sports enthusiast.  Be a real part of this amazing journey! I am selling them for $15 each which includes shipping.  So if you would like one, make a donation of $15 or more, make sure to specify which shirt you would like and what size,  Ive

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New video from practice on monday. Not the best jump, but were just trying to kind of tie it all together. Should have some more videos tomorrow after practice. Always Pursuing -Mark-

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-68200574610242751942010-12-05T12:06:00.001-05:002010-12-05T12:06:25.312-05:00

I'm sitting on a shuttle heading back to the airport in virginia beach after 4 days of meetings, presentations and of course fellowship with a lot of like minded people. Yesterday I was asked to do a Q&A with the emerging elites, the guys who are right out of college and trying to make it as a pro athlete. During the talk I tried to convey my experience thus far, which many of you know was one

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-14647185079971308012010-11-24T00:07:00.000-05:002010-11-24T00:07:49.789-05:00

Great little video of practice today, really working on digging the shoulders under the hips as quickly as possible. Always Pursuing -Mark-

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-730656937695833602010-11-20T18:27:00.000-05:002010-11-20T18:27:20.355-05:00

Couple new videos from practice Friday. First one is 5 left approach, 15'7" 195lb Pacer Carbon Weave pole. Working on quick last 2 steps and hitting the takeoff with a solid body. This video is Hang Clean 3x 265lbs, 2nd set, first set was 3x255lbs. THis is really where all that power you gain in the squat, lunge, every lift you do comes into play.  Your transferring strength into power

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Ok I have had a lot of positive feedback about all the new videos, so im going to try to keep it up. I have had one response to my windshield wiper challenge, scott elliot was able to knock out 35 solid wipers! I asked scott if there was anything else he would like to see on the blog and he said he would like to see more drills. This video is a 4 left straight pole drill but this time theres a

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first day bending the pole! everything weve been working on straight pole has transferred to a bent pole which i am very excited about, this is my 3rd jump of the day. 15ft 190lb pacer carbon holding about 14'6" Always Pursuing -Mark-

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-2292750980331007212010-11-10T20:28:00.000-05:002010-11-10T20:28:03.801-05:00

Got back from Vegas Monday, had a great time and even learned a few things.  Its always good to get together with a bunch of people who are all trying to do the same thing you are, that way you can talk to them and find out whats working and whats not.  Now to the good stuff!  I just got a new camera for my birthday, i got the Kodak Playsport, its a lot like the Flip but actually is waterproof!

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Once again it has been a couple of weeks since my last entry, I have no excuses. Today we finish up our third week of fall training, its been good, really good. Like I talked about last time, it feels great mentally to get back at it and now physically my body is getting more and more used to the extra pounding. One thing that made workouts this week something to look forward to was we started

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-51489081606297943762010-10-23T10:23:00.000-04:002010-10-23T10:23:27.930-04:00

Check it out!!! My picture on the back cover of the Gill Athletics 2011 Catalog!    Always Pursuing -Mark-

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-2896000477304887552010-10-20T11:30:00.000-04:002010-10-20T11:30:25.666-04:00

Well Fall is in the air, or its already here, I think it really snuck up on us here in Indiana.  The weather has been so nice for October, temps in the high 60's even this week.  The one thing I love about this time of year is the amazing colors from the leaves changing on the trees.  But the thing I look forward to most in the fall is preseason training!  Thats right training for the 2011 season

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Well i just finished my final meet of the 2010 season, not gonna lie feels pretty good to be finished.  It has a been a long, but amazing season, my best ever.  So let me tell you how the meet went. Like i said in my last couple of posts the last couple of weeks have been really low key.  Ive been really taking it easy, vaulting about once a week and just doing some light cardio to keep my legs

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Well I'm currently in chicago, I had to go to midway airport an pick up my poles because they said there wasn't any way they could get them to me. I of course disagreed and told them I've put poles on anything and everything, I used to own a Honda CRX and would strap poles to the side, now that's something. I stayed with adam pierson last night and were currently on the way to Ohare airport for

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I had a great time at the Colorado state fair vault last night! Another just great event put on by Mark Pierson out in Pueblo, Colorado. The event was in the middle of the fair, the runway was fast and a bit downhill, I felt effortless running down the runway. The vault got started around 530, my warmups went fairly well, I was running well and my takeoff was out. The only problem was that I

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Alright the last few weeks have been going pretty well, nice and relaxing. I attempted to jump at a fair vault in Michigan, but my back had spasmed earlier that week and so I didn't jump well, but we still had a great time. Last weekend I went up to Chicago and visited my good friend Adam Pierson and his girlfriend Ellen. I met Adam back in college through my coach Wally. Adam was a vaulter

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-48532265542323110692010-08-16T22:26:00.001-04:002010-12-09T09:04:14.019-05:00

Hey Guys! Alright I have the new T-Shirts in, I ordered about 55 more t-shirts in all adult sizes.  Thes shirts would make an awesome Christmas gift for any vault or sports enthusiast.  Be a real part of this amazing journey! I am selling them for $15 each which includes shipping.  So if you would like one, make a donation of $15 or more, make sure to specify which shirt you would like and what

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-25415037060024016752010-08-13T14:59:00.001-04:002010-08-13T14:59:54.283-04:00

I will be on ESPN radio at 515pm central time today talking about the jammin and jumpin street vault tomorrow. The street vault will also be broadcast live on the internet tomorrow. You can find links to both at the website www.smtrackclub.com

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Oh man am I behind! Its been about 3 weeks or a month since my last post and I have to apologize again for my tardiness. I really don't have any excuses for not blogging since I can do it right from my phone, so I won't give any, my new goal is to update at least once a week no matter how brief. So with that out of the way ill get to the good stuff. I came back from Europe on the 14th of July

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Mark Hollis Hosts Pole Vaulting Workshop for Group from Salvation ArmyOn Tuesday, May 25th, Mark Hollis reunited with the Elkhart Salvation Army, where he had recently been to work with the children and teach them about his pole vaulting experiences. This time the children took a trip to Memorial High School where Mark coaches pole vaulting. There they were able to see for themselves what Mark’s

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Alright Ive had 2 meets since my last post on Greece, one went really well and the other not so much, but sometimes thats the way it goes, and all you can do is try to learn from both the good and the bad.  We arrived in Rottach-Egern, Germany on the 2nd of July, Rottach is one of about 4 villages that surround a lake deep in the heart of Bavarian Germany.  There was a mountain stream running

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Well I flew to Athens Greece on monday from chicago, I left at 2pm and landed in Athens at 2pm the next day, and I don't think I slept at all. Then after I landed I got on a bus for 3 and a half hours to get to Patra which is where the meet was. The meet was on wednesday in the afternoon so at least I had a little time to get some rest. Well I woke up the next morning and felt like I had been

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-6371608008005802902010-06-26T15:47:00.000-04:002010-06-26T15:47:38.076-04:00

Holy Moly I just won a national championship!!!  Im pretty sure it still hasnt quite set in but wow, it feels pretty good. Ill do my best to run you thru it.  I wasnt sure quite what to expect here at Drake, the winds are notoriously unpredictable, but we lucked out and probably had the best day ever at Drake stadium, that is why it is so crazy that everyone struggled.  There was a kicking

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Well I'm on the road to Des Moines, Iowa site of the 2010 USA national championships and thought I would take this extra time I have to finally blog about the last couple of weeks. I apologize to everyone for not blogging in such a long time. I think I left off right before the golden roof challenge in Innsbruck, Austria. The day of the meet was just beautiful, I think because the weather was

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-26848609775606481242010-06-03T17:06:00.000-04:002010-06-03T17:06:32.222-04:00

Well its been a little while since my last post but the last week has been just crazy traveling around western europe.  After Hengelo we traveled straight to Cologne or Kolne Germany, spent the night with a German vaulter named Michel Fraun who traveled with us to Vienna for our next meet. The meet in Vienna was the first street vault they have had there and the meet director George is a great

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It started off as a decent day today, got a great 12hrs of sleep last night and felt much better this morning than i did yesterday.  Headed to the track around 2 and half way there it started to rain, it continued to rain the entire day other than about 1 hour in which we tried to hold a pole vault competition.  After going back and forth about trying to start the comp we started warming up in a

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 I made it to Hingelo, Netherlands at 10:00am local time or 4am eastern time.  I flew from Indy to Detroit, the poles made it on both the planes and arrived with me in one piece.  The meet directors were at the airport waiting for me when i arrived and after about a 2 hour drive I made it to the hotel.  Once again i got very little sleep on the plane, but to be able to adjust to the time change i

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-28734689650882418532010-05-20T00:18:00.000-04:002010-05-20T00:18:14.098-04:00

It turned out to be a pretty good day!  I ended up jumping 5.55m and had a couple of pretty good trys at 5.70m but just couldnt keep the bar up there. The track was gigantic, it definately wasnt filled up but there were a lot of people there.  The conditions were perfect, a light breeze that helped to keep us cool, the runway was fast.  The only thing that wasnt great was the pit, it was tiny,

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-19974558667086638872010-05-16T16:30:00.000-04:002010-05-16T16:30:11.074-04:00

It was a hot day at the meet today, around 100 degrees and even though we started at 8:10am it was still just as hot as it was in the afternoon.  The winds were nice when we first got there but as the sun got higher in the sky the winds really took off.  It would be a nice tailwind in the back and once i got around my mid it would be a gusting crosswind, i think i let that affect me too much in

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-67473060524137280642010-05-14T19:54:00.000-04:002010-05-14T19:54:46.794-04:00

After nearly 24 hours of straight travel, and only about 2 hours of sleep I made it to Forteleza where my first meet in South America will be held on Sunday.  The trip went pretty well, we didnt have any problems getting the poles on the planes and the flights (all 3 of them) were smooth.  The only problem was that I just could not fall asleep on the plane.  Our longest flight, from Atlanta to

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-59389413841261589352010-05-03T23:34:00.001-04:002010-05-03T23:34:23.318-04:00

Oh man its been a while since my last post and i have a bit to update.  If youve read my last couple of posts you know that I have been struggling with my confidence level and dealing with hesitation in my vault.  In all sports you go through struggling times and it seems especially prevalent in the pole vault. I was still struggling as i went to compete at the Drake Relays.  I was feeling

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-40614531552674680052010-04-16T14:36:00.000-04:002010-04-16T14:36:26.033-04:00

Check out the article on me in the South Bend Tribune today!!! Tribune Article Always Pursuing -Mark-

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Alright well its about time i got my head out of my butt.  I had vault practice today and the only thinking i had was that i had to attack the box and not look back.  I started from 5 lefts and killed the 15'7" 195 i was jumping on, no hesitation, no looking back, just pure focus on putting as much power into the pole as i could.  Now that hasnt been too difficult for me in the past, jumping from

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-57967049010719687762010-04-13T10:22:00.000-04:002010-04-13T10:22:15.466-04:00

Sorry its been so long since my last real post, Ive been on the road a lot lately and havent had the chance to write.  Amanda and I went to New York to spend some time with her family since it was her spring break.  We had a great time with them and we got back just in time for me to leave and head down to Knoxville, Tennessee for the Sea Ray Relays.  I have to tell you that the last month or so

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-28823603403639183952010-04-08T23:50:00.001-04:002010-04-08T23:50:15.574-04:00

After a 8 hour drive from South Bend I am now in Knoxville Tennessee for the Sea Ray relays at the University of Tennessee. I've never jumped here before but after going to the track today I have high expectations for myself. I found out today that 2 American records have been set here! What's even better is they were set at opposite ends so no matter the wind or direction of the pit the

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-23594730920154258702010-03-19T10:06:00.000-04:002010-03-19T10:05:43.338-04:00

Oh boy, I can't tell you guys how much my legs hurt today this week we really stepped it up. It wasn't the hardest week I've ever had, I was lifting more in the fall, but this is the first time we've lifted hard since probably January. So my legs have been sore and exhausted all week. Wednesday workout 8xGeneral strength General strength is where you have 2 cones about 25m apart, and you run

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-51072177295146953792010-03-17T09:41:00.000-04:002010-03-17T09:41:49.925-04:00

Well like I said yesterday I started lifting and hard conditioning again this week and thought i might be sore today, well I was right.  This is how yesterday went, it started off at ND at the track and ended up at Bethel in the weight room.  1.  Speed Endurance, 65meter sprints with about 40sec rest in between x6 2.  In and outs,  sprint 65m jog 65m continuously for about 650 meters, really

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-81242248528721594862010-03-16T11:32:00.000-04:002010-03-16T11:32:50.123-04:00

I drove down to Indianapolis on Sunday night for an MRI early on Monday morning.  Through the post collegiate scholarship I received from USATF in January Im able to get any tests and therapy done through St. Vincent hospital in Indy.  And as most of you know I have been fighting a calf injury for over a year now with no real relief.  This has really been a thorn in my side as it has inhibited me

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-45393006894143823112010-03-06T16:17:00.000-05:002010-03-06T16:17:57.163-05:00

I had probably the best final meet of my indoor season that Ive ever had last night at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame.  My plan was to jump from 5 lefts but my family ended up coming to the meet so I made the decision to come from 7 lefts instead.  Although I train full-time at Notre Dame this is the first time this year I have competed there, the runway they have is too short and

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-54635235367012906282010-03-01T12:41:00.000-05:002010-03-01T12:41:58.171-05:00

Well Im disappointed for sure, I only ended up jumping 18' and ended up 7th, not quite how I had envisioned it going.  I felt good going in to the competition, my plan for warmups was to take 3 jumps, and i ended up taking 4 with my last one having lots of height on a 18' bungee.  The runway was fast and it just felt like I never really locked in my run so it felt like i was having to make

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-18404402683493443702010-02-26T19:21:00.000-05:002010-02-26T19:21:56.745-05:00

Well tomorrow is the national meet, we jump at 5:45 mountain time.  We went to the track yesterday and I was able to get on the runway, man its gonna be fast, it reminds me a lot of the runway at Milrose and I had really good results there.  Milrose was the first time I started taking off at 14ft consistently and doing so has really allowed me to jump to the best of my abilities.  Practice the

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-45365259708992820092010-02-18T17:20:00.000-05:002010-02-18T17:20:26.029-05:00

I cant tell you guys how pumped I am for nationals!  One week from today I leave with my coach Danny and training partner Mary for Albuquerque, New Mexico for the USA Indoor National meet.  This is how nationals for track and field works: every year we have an indoor and an outdoor national meet, everyone who has made the qualifying height(this year its 5.50m or 18') gets to compete at the

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-67558461420168334502010-02-15T17:35:00.003-05:002010-02-15T17:35:25.624-05:00

Videos from Grand Valley on Friday are now uploaded, check em out! Always Pursuing -Mark-

Mark Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309806654844969708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105280709262089364.post-7204105264259856782010-02-14T15:35:00.001-05:002010-02-14T15:36:57.433-05:00

Its been a great couple of days, We (Mary Saxer, my coach Danny Wilkerson and myself) went up to Grand Rapids, Michigan to GVSU on Friday for a meet.  The funny thing is that of all the times Ive jumped at Grand Valley I have never jumped over 17'9" (5.40m), Ive jumped there probably ten times in the last year and for whatever reason i have never jumped over 17'9".  So Friday I decided it was all

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The Elkhart Truth newspaper today ran an article on me!  Check it out in the paper or online at: ETruth Article. Since I am not originally from the area this article is a really good way for people from Michiana to learn more about me and what I'm trying to do.  So if your visiting my blog for the first time, Im glad your here, take a look around read my profile and watch some videos of me. 

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Well Im sitting in the airport in Boston waiting to get on my flight back to Chicago.  Theres not a whole lot worse than traveling across the country and ending up with a NH (no height), its REALLY frustrating.  Its definitely not the worst Ive felt after a meet, I dont really have a great explanation for what went wrong.  I was feeling pretty good, my calf wasnt hurting too bad, it wasnt like I

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I was wrong I guess the Reebok indoor games will be on tv sunday from 2-4pm eastern time on espn2Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Well I just got back from NYC last night after a very successful trip to the Millrose Games.  On not only my first Millrose Games but also my first trip to New York City I came away with the win!  I am of course very happy with the way it ended up but also with the way I jumped.  I felt really good on the runway in warm-ups and I ended up having to back up about 2 feet.  I was able to get on the

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So I won at Millrose! Jumped 18 5 on my first attempt, ill write more later but for now here's a picture of me and Tim Mack, 2004 Gold medalist Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Im really happy with how the meet went, I only ended up jumping 17'9" but since i have been out with injury for a week and a half I cant be disappointed.  I went into the meet wanting to feel out my run and make sure i was comfortable with it before next week, and i picked up right were i left off last year at nationals.  It was only my 3rd time back at the long run so I was really happy i was

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Tonight will be my first meet back at my long run, my back is finally feeling good and Im really excited about getting some heights underneath me.  I hope to have videos posted tonight after the meet so you can check em out.  Wish me luck!   Always Pursuing -Mark-

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Today is the best ive felt for a week and a half , practice today went really well, my approach felt great.   I also found out today that I will be jumping at the Boston Indoor Games on February 6th.  Always Pursuing -Mark-

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