Amen Brother! (Nov ’05)
(originally posted 11/1/05)
I did a Weight Pentathlon over the weekend, and tried to make it as close to a real competition as I could. The results were very encouraging. 2926 points, which was 286 points better than my previous 5 event total. Big throws in shot (PB by 1’ 8.5”), discus (PB by 6’ 3”), hammer (PB by 11’ 2”), and javelin (PB by 5’ 1.5”). Respectable weight throw (missed my PB by 1’ 1”). I think I can do better at the next meet, and that 3000 points is well within reason. 5 PBs would be sweet.
The knee is still sore but is holding together, although maybe not improving all that much. Just a couple of weeks more and there will be plenty of time to heal up. There will be no long layoff like last year though. It took way too long to get it all back this Spring…maybe I’ll take just a week or two off this time around. It seems that at my age the period of training needed to recover from a layoff amounts to twice the length of the layoff. (tick, tick, tick)
The feedback I’ve been getting on discus from my Olympic “bud” has helped quite a bit. We’ve been trying to fix things one at a time. The improvements in technique have started to produce longer distances, but there’s a lot of additional distance to be had with some more technique changes. One surprise – I’m more relaxed prior to each discus throw, and that relaxation has carried over into the other events. I’m the exact opposite of one guy I throw against. He probably has the longest pre-throw routine I’ve ever seen, most of which involves him standing in the ring with his eyes closed and his head bowed, visualizing his throw…apparently, in slow motion. (I swear, someday I’m going to yell “Amen” at the end of this routine just to mess with him.)
I did a Weight Pentathlon over the weekend, and tried to make it as close to a real competition as I could. The results were very encouraging. 2926 points, which was 286 points better than my previous 5 event total. Big throws in shot (PB by 1’ 8.5”), discus (PB by 6’ 3”), hammer (PB by 11’ 2”), and javelin (PB by 5’ 1.5”). Respectable weight throw (missed my PB by 1’ 1”). I think I can do better at the next meet, and that 3000 points is well within reason. 5 PBs would be sweet.
The knee is still sore but is holding together, although maybe not improving all that much. Just a couple of weeks more and there will be plenty of time to heal up. There will be no long layoff like last year though. It took way too long to get it all back this Spring…maybe I’ll take just a week or two off this time around. It seems that at my age the period of training needed to recover from a layoff amounts to twice the length of the layoff. (tick, tick, tick)
The feedback I’ve been getting on discus from my Olympic “bud” has helped quite a bit. We’ve been trying to fix things one at a time. The improvements in technique have started to produce longer distances, but there’s a lot of additional distance to be had with some more technique changes. One surprise – I’m more relaxed prior to each discus throw, and that relaxation has carried over into the other events. I’m the exact opposite of one guy I throw against. He probably has the longest pre-throw routine I’ve ever seen, most of which involves him standing in the ring with his eyes closed and his head bowed, visualizing his throw…apparently, in slow motion. (I swear, someday I’m going to yell “Amen” at the end of this routine just to mess with him.)
posted by Jake at 3:45 PM
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