Hurricane Rita (Sept ’05)

(originally posted 9/29/05)

Hurricane Rita blew through last weekend, and although there wasn’t much effect at my house, the highways were clogged with evacuees and gasoline was generally unavailable. Regardless, the State Senior Games were held in Austin and I was pretty disappointed about not making it. Posted results look like I would have easily finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in discus, javelin, and shot, respectively.

I have about 6 weeks of training left before the next (and last) meet of the year. Just one more chance at hitting some of the goals I had set for myself at the beginning of the season. Twelve more weight-lifting sessions…maybe 20 more throwing sessions. The days are getting shorter now, so after work throwing is going to become more and more abbreviated.

I took a week off from all training during the hurricane week, partly due to the storm, and partly due to excessive heat and humidity. Very unusual for this late in the year. I think the time off was probably a good thing, and will help me finish the year strong. Last year I suffered from over-training and just petered out at the end of the season.