Competition update

After a good practice session with Fish on May 8, I headed back to Calgary for a meet on May 11.  This time the family came with me to cheer me on.  After a 25 minute stop on the side of the road to feed baby Henry, I arrived at the track a tad bit later than I would have liked.

I was able to get in a fast warm up and get ready to throw.  Along side me warming up was Kyle Nielsen.  The last two years Kyle has finished second at senior Nationals and last year was only beaten by Olympian Curtis Moss.  Needless to say it was pretty impressive watching Kyle throw 70m+ in warm up.  A sign of things to come was all I could think.

As I said in my last post the goal for the season was to set a new seasonal best throw at every meet.  last week was 38.4m, this week was 40.7m. definatly an improvement.  Good thing for that throw because the other 5 I had on the day were unimpressive, including two fouls.  More good news was that Fish was onsite watching me and providing feedback after every throw and was able to come to our next practice with some specifics to work on.

I don't compete again until a small meet in Edmonton on June 2nd, so I have lot's of practice time to work on  footwork and release technique so that I can set a new seasonal best mark.

David

First competition......more baby steps

May 4 I left my young family sleeping at home and drove 2.5 hours to Calgary for a 45 minute competition.  We were given 4 throws for the full competition as there were only 6 in my category.  One thing that I had really been working on was my foot work and timing.  Glad to say I had 4 successful throws with no fouls.  As my results started to come in I had to remind myself that this is the first competition and that this is just the start.  By the end of the day i was 3rd and threw 38.4m, not great I know and not even halfway to Canadian Olympic standard.  I was a little disappointed as I drove the 2.5 hours back home to Edmonton, but it did give me a lot of time to reflect.  The one key thing I took away was that this was just the first meet and that the goal moving forward was to achieve a new seasonal best throw at every meet.

We'll see how that goes as the season progresses.  Next weekend I am back in Calgary again for another meet.

David

New favorite little man

Ok I know that this is a blog about my training but I can't leave out a post about my new favorite little man.  My son Henry James was born on April 24th.  A very healthy and hungry 8lb boy is keeping us very busy.  I love having a son and knowing that our family name will pass on to another generation.

David