The “Grunt” (July ‘05)
(originally posted 7/11/05)
The Cat Springs "Grunt" was a fun time again this year. I managed a 34' PR in shot, but the landing area was sloped so I'm not overly ecstatic about it. I threw the discus a respectable 127' 9.5" despite a horrible case of the "over-rotates", and an unfavorable wind. If I can only fix that I think 135' will be easily do-able. My turning drills really helped my weight and hammer throws. On only my second meet for those events I was able to post fairly respectable numbers of 40' 2" and 98' 9", respectively. The wheels really came off in the javelin however, with a throw of only 77' 4". Back to the drawing board on that one. My unofficial Weight Pentathlon score came in at 2632 points, up 116 from last time out.
Focus between now and the USATF Weight Pentathlon Nationals on August 13th:
General - Train as much as possible on the days I'm not out of town. Do drills and exercises on the days I am out of town.
Discus - Not over-rotating, and a good balanced block.
Shot - Hitting a good power position, "popping" the left hip, good block.
Javelin - Consistent trajectory, leading with the elbow, snapping the arm, good block.
Hammer/Weight - Accelerating on each rotation, straight arms, good block.
The Cat Springs "Grunt" was a fun time again this year. I managed a 34' PR in shot, but the landing area was sloped so I'm not overly ecstatic about it. I threw the discus a respectable 127' 9.5" despite a horrible case of the "over-rotates", and an unfavorable wind. If I can only fix that I think 135' will be easily do-able. My turning drills really helped my weight and hammer throws. On only my second meet for those events I was able to post fairly respectable numbers of 40' 2" and 98' 9", respectively. The wheels really came off in the javelin however, with a throw of only 77' 4". Back to the drawing board on that one. My unofficial Weight Pentathlon score came in at 2632 points, up 116 from last time out.
Focus between now and the USATF Weight Pentathlon Nationals on August 13th:
General - Train as much as possible on the days I'm not out of town. Do drills and exercises on the days I am out of town.
Discus - Not over-rotating, and a good balanced block.
Shot - Hitting a good power position, "popping" the left hip, good block.
Javelin - Consistent trajectory, leading with the elbow, snapping the arm, good block.
Hammer/Weight - Accelerating on each rotation, straight arms, good block.
posted by Jake at 2:51 PM
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