Discus, with a Side Order of Rice

[Kajsa Bergqvist]

I had to take the entire week off from throwing after the last meet in order to let my back heal up a bit. I normally would have been terribly frustrated by that, but as it turns out the weather was not good and I wouldn’t have been able to throw anyway. I was able to lift weights twice during that period, however. On Tuesday, with a slightly abbreviated routine, and again on Thursday, with pretty much my normal circuit.

I was finally able to throw again during this past weekend, and things went fairly well. At least I proved to myself that my back is healthy. Discus was good, with several throws beyond 135’. Javelin and Hammer were fair, but Shot Put was pretty poor.

My next meet is this Sunday at Rice University. It’s a Senior Olympics event, which means no Hammer and no Weight Throw. I don’t particularly like the concrete surface on the discus ring at Rice because it’s rough (like it’s been hit with a hammer too many times) and since it’s surrounded by trees, it seems like it’s always just a little wet.

However, Rice was where I entered my first Senior’s discus event, when I broke 100’ for the first time. A year later I was at Rice again and threw my second longest competition throw to-date. A year after that (last year), I once again threw my second longest competition throw to-date at Rice, with a throw that turned out to be my best throw of the 2005 season, and only 1” off my PB. For a surface I don’t particularly care for, I seem to do alright there. Maybe something big will happen there for me this week.