Reality Check
I received an email with a typo in it from my favorite Meet Director last night. In it he stated that the first meet would be in mid-February instead of mid-March. This had me completely rethinking my training program for the next few weeks, and also my first meet goals. It turns out that it was all a false alarm, as he sent out a correcting email shortly thereafter, but the quick reassessment of my progress that he caused was probably a good thing.
All the targets l listed for February represent personal bests for me except for discus, but they should all be achievable. I was on the verge of these marks in hammer, discus, and weight when I threw last Saturday. I threw 3 consecutive hammer throws within 2 feet of 120’, I had 3-5 discus throws in the 125-130’ range, and I had 2 weight throws beyond 40’. Shot put was a little disappointing in that my throws were falling about 1ft short, and a foot in shot put is much more significant than in the other throws. Also, I was having trouble getting the javelin out beyond 105’, and I’m not exactly sure what the problem is with that.
The difference between competing in February and in March may not seem like such a big thing, but those 4 extra weeks will allow some more significant weight training strength gains over my current levels. In other words, 8 weeks is enough time to realize some real increases, but 4 weeks is kind of “iffy”. Also, my technique training has been cut way back due to the shortened winter days, and those 4 extra weeks are the period during which after-work throwing becomes possible again. I will really need those 4 weeks in order to knock some of the rust off of my technique, because it doesn’t matter how strong you are if you can’t apply it to the implement by way of proper technique.
All the targets l listed for February represent personal bests for me except for discus, but they should all be achievable. I was on the verge of these marks in hammer, discus, and weight when I threw last Saturday. I threw 3 consecutive hammer throws within 2 feet of 120’, I had 3-5 discus throws in the 125-130’ range, and I had 2 weight throws beyond 40’. Shot put was a little disappointing in that my throws were falling about 1ft short, and a foot in shot put is much more significant than in the other throws. Also, I was having trouble getting the javelin out beyond 105’, and I’m not exactly sure what the problem is with that.
The difference between competing in February and in March may not seem like such a big thing, but those 4 extra weeks will allow some more significant weight training strength gains over my current levels. In other words, 8 weeks is enough time to realize some real increases, but 4 weeks is kind of “iffy”. Also, my technique training has been cut way back due to the shortened winter days, and those 4 extra weeks are the period during which after-work throwing becomes possible again. I will really need those 4 weeks in order to knock some of the rust off of my technique, because it doesn’t matter how strong you are if you can’t apply it to the implement by way of proper technique.
posted by Jake at 9:09 PM
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