In my spare time, I like to make music on my piano keyboard. It’s a pretty high-end board called a Yamaha Motif XS. I have another one which is an older version called a Yamaha Motif ES. They both are really cool and fun to play around with. The possibilities of making music are endless [...]
Well, it’s been a while. I have been through so much since I’ve last written in the blog. For starters, my computer crashed at the beginning of March. Talk about a tragedy, especially since I didn’t have anything backed up so yes, I lost it all — music, files, everything. You only have to find [...]
The last week of training was very tough. I was introduced to my first bike workout. Bike workout? Yeah, it sounds pretty simple, but under my Coach, Dan Pfaff, it’s no fun at all. This is how it worked. I had to pedal as fast as I could for ten seconds. You have to set [...]
As I thought, week 2 was a lot more intense than the first. The track workouts picked up in length, but the weight room workouts are now a “beast.” I have to go in there six days a week. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are dedicated for heavy weight lifting and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday are [...]
If you don’t know, starting up training after a long period of time off does not feel good. My first week of training was great but my body let me know how long of a break I took off. The crazy thing is, I got in San Diego on last Tuesday, and didn’t even start [...]
Wow, I’m finally back in sunny San Diego, California at the Olympic Training Center. It feels so good to be back. This is my home away from home. It’s hard to imagine leaving cold weather in Raleigh, NC and arriving in 70 to 80 degree weather. Amazing! This is where it all begins in 2009. [...]
Well, it’s a new year and it marks the beginning of training for the next games in 2012. Some of my friends have already started training, but not me. I’ve been enjoying my family and friends here in North Carolina. I’m eager to start though and get back in to the mix. As you know, [...]
If you don’t already know, this is my second Paralympic games. I went to Athens in 2004, but I didn’t get a chance to attend the opening ceremonies because I had to compete the next day. This year, that isn’t the case. My competition doesn’t start until Monday. Last night was ridiculous! All of U.S.A. [...]
After nine days in Okinawa, we’re now in Beijing, China. Weather wise, everything is pretty much the same as Japan to me. It’s still pretty humid, but no big differences in my opinion. We’ve been in China for three days now. There hasn’t been anything exciting going on except for practice, if you want to [...]
(Also see Part I.) One interesting place we went to while in Okinawa was the island aquarium. There were so many creatures and creepy-crawly things in the tanks. Many of the people on our team were picking up some of the creatures like the star fish and the sea cucumber. I didn’t want to hold [...]
My name is Elexis Gillette, but feel free to call me Lex. I'm a blind track and field athlete. I compete the long jump and triple jump, and I currently hold the American record in both events for totally blind athletes.
In September 2008, I represented the U.S. in the Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, and became the Paralympic Silver Medalist in the long jump.
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