Dropping Again! (June ‘05)
(originally posted 6/29/05)
The downhill slide in my discus ranking continues. The June 28th list shows me all the way down to 23rd. If I don't post a better mark than I already have I may drop off the list entirely. At this point it's going to take a throw better than 142' in order to make the top 10. I occasionally have a practice throw around the 140' mark, so I just need to increase the frequency of those in hopes that I'll nail one during a competition.
Both last Saturday's meet, and Sunday's clinic went well. I got up at 4:30am both days for the drive over to Austin. I PR'd in shot by 1/2 inch, but I had been throwing close to a foot longer in practice. Discus was much better than the last meet, and back to where I typically throw, but I really need 15-20 feet more if I'm going to make the top 10 this year. Javelin wasn't quite as good as the last meet, but they counted flat throws at that meet, and I'm not sure their marks were very accurate either. I was able to complete my first hammer and weight competitions. 83' 10" and 35' 1" are nothing to brag about, but then they aren't too embarrassing either. Not bad for a first try anyway. My unofficial (and very first) Weight Pentathlon score wound up at 2516 points.
I learned a lot of good stuff in the javelin, shot, and hammer clinics. It was a major disappointment that I had to leave before the discus clinic though. (The discus clinic was my main reason for going too!) It was held at about 1:30pm, and just before lunch I started feeling weak and disoriented. I think I was beginning to be affected by the heat. My face was red and I had also stopped sweating. It was all I could do to get in the car near the air conditioning and drive the 2.5 hours home...very disappointing.
The downhill slide in my discus ranking continues. The June 28th list shows me all the way down to 23rd. If I don't post a better mark than I already have I may drop off the list entirely. At this point it's going to take a throw better than 142' in order to make the top 10. I occasionally have a practice throw around the 140' mark, so I just need to increase the frequency of those in hopes that I'll nail one during a competition.
Both last Saturday's meet, and Sunday's clinic went well. I got up at 4:30am both days for the drive over to Austin. I PR'd in shot by 1/2 inch, but I had been throwing close to a foot longer in practice. Discus was much better than the last meet, and back to where I typically throw, but I really need 15-20 feet more if I'm going to make the top 10 this year. Javelin wasn't quite as good as the last meet, but they counted flat throws at that meet, and I'm not sure their marks were very accurate either. I was able to complete my first hammer and weight competitions. 83' 10" and 35' 1" are nothing to brag about, but then they aren't too embarrassing either. Not bad for a first try anyway. My unofficial (and very first) Weight Pentathlon score wound up at 2516 points.
I learned a lot of good stuff in the javelin, shot, and hammer clinics. It was a major disappointment that I had to leave before the discus clinic though. (The discus clinic was my main reason for going too!) It was held at about 1:30pm, and just before lunch I started feeling weak and disoriented. I think I was beginning to be affected by the heat. My face was red and I had also stopped sweating. It was all I could do to get in the car near the air conditioning and drive the 2.5 hours home...very disappointing.
posted by Jake at 8:21 PM
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