Reality Sets In (Sept ‘05)
(originally posted 9/6/05)
The national rankings were updated over the weekend after about a month’s hiatus. Many updates were expected but I was surprised to see the discus results. 40.65m in the discus only warrants 25th place a this point in the season, whereas 38.45m held the same place at the end of 2004. Pretty amazing, and that will make it tough to get listed this season. I’ve never hit 40m in competition, although I’ve done it several times recently in practice. We’ll see…
I’m still battling a cold, although I’m on the mend. My lack of throwing has really set me back in all events. Things that were starting to come together have taken 2 steps back, and only time will tell if lots of reps can salvage some of those lost improvements before next Saturday’s meet. I was able to make videos on Sunday, but there’s not much need to go into detail here…no change in the problems identified on August 28th.
On Saturday I ought to be able to post marks in Hammer and Weight that will get me listed, and I’ve got a realistic shot at doing so in discus. I hope to improve in Javelin and Shot Put, but any hopes of being ranked will just have to wait until next season. I’m way too far from being competitive in those.
The national rankings were updated over the weekend after about a month’s hiatus. Many updates were expected but I was surprised to see the discus results. 40.65m in the discus only warrants 25th place a this point in the season, whereas 38.45m held the same place at the end of 2004. Pretty amazing, and that will make it tough to get listed this season. I’ve never hit 40m in competition, although I’ve done it several times recently in practice. We’ll see…
I’m still battling a cold, although I’m on the mend. My lack of throwing has really set me back in all events. Things that were starting to come together have taken 2 steps back, and only time will tell if lots of reps can salvage some of those lost improvements before next Saturday’s meet. I was able to make videos on Sunday, but there’s not much need to go into detail here…no change in the problems identified on August 28th.
On Saturday I ought to be able to post marks in Hammer and Weight that will get me listed, and I’ve got a realistic shot at doing so in discus. I hope to improve in Javelin and Shot Put, but any hopes of being ranked will just have to wait until next season. I’m way too far from being competitive in those.
posted by Jake at 3:26 PM
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