Throw-athon

The weather was so good today I just had to go out and throw 'til I dropped. So I toted my 70.5 lbs of implements out to the schoolyard and proceeded to knock myself out...for three hours. Whew!

I didn't see all that many good throws today. Hammer felt awkward, shot put was just ok (pretty much like last time), and on discus I was mainly working on form, although I didn't feel like I had it in me to "go big" in discus either. All this might be due to some lingering soreness left over from my last visit to the weight room.

I was able to hit a PB in the weight throw, however - 41' 0". That felt pretty good, and bodes well for next season, because I was able to hit this distance with some pretty crappy footwork.

I've set the end of January as my first checkpoint for determining whether or not I'm on track to make my 2006 goals. That will give my new new weight lifting program 2 solid months to start showing some benefits, and there will still be almost 2 months left before the first meet of the season, just in case I need to make any adjustments in training.