We Try Harder

One good thing about living in a warm climate is that the track season starts early in the year. Sometimes the first meet is in late February, or at least early March, when much of the U.S. is covered with snow. This means that you get to submit results for ranking earlier than most of the competition. This year I was fortunate to have a pretty decent throw early in the season. As a result I was able to bask in the glory of being ranked #1 for about a week. The #1 ranking didn't mean much except that 1) I got off a fairly good throw early in the year, and 2) none of the good throwers had been to meets yet.

Today I woke up to find that I had slipped to #2, and not just barely. The new #1 blew me away. In fact, his throw may wind up being in the top three when all is said and done for the 2006 season, and unless I improve my performance I figure I have about a 50-50 chance of being bumped off of the Top 25 list.

Such is life. At least I had my one week of glory.