All you can do is rest up for the next practice. That practice always includes road work - up to six miles a day. When they're not running for distance, they're sprinting for speed and power. They drill on the mats for hours, learning and rehearsing techniques. Their outstretched arms move furiously, looking for openings.
Boxers call it sparring.
This is hard work. It also pays off. He's never wrestled in the Olympics - bad luck and injuries seem to follow him every four years, said the team's coach, SFC Tony Thomas. But everybody likes to see Waldroup on the mat. He's the best.