Rest Days, por favor (Oct ’05)

(originally posted 10/24/05)

I’ve been taking some additional rest days lately prior to the last hard training push during the next 3 weeks. The old “bod” just can’t take it week after week without a break, and one sure sign of this is the gradual drop off in throwing distances I’ve seen lately. Daylight Savings Time ends next weekend so that will eliminate my after work throwing sessions. It’s always a challenge to keep the timing together with just 2 throwing days a week.

I threw quite a bit last Saturday – mostly discus. I was trying to get a good one on video, but I never quite nailed one. Wore myself out trying though. The hammer, shot, and weight throws that followed suffered quite a bit from all of the discus work.

I’ve established 4 different targets for the upcoming Weight Pentathlon, that I’ve labeled “average”, “good”, “better” and “best” (2763 pts, 2886 pts, 2996 pts, and 3149 pts). While even the “average” marks would be a WP personal best for me, I can go out almost any day in practice and score at or above the “good” level. 3149 pts represents my dream meet - meeting my season goals and establishing new PBs in all 5 events. That would be very nice, but I would not be disappointed at just breaking the 3000 pt mark, and finally making the All American Standard in an event.