This past weekend was Capital Cities annual Sherwood Park classic. This year the meet also served as Alberta Provincial Championships. Knowing that this was going to be my last meet of the season I wanted to have a good day and reach a new seasonal best distance.
About 5 days before the meet I was in my garage and threw a backpack into the back of my Xterra and as I twisted I slipped a rib. No fun for anyone who has done it. I have done it before so I knew exactly what the issue was, and how bad for throwing it could be. Luckily it was monday and I have a great chiropractor who I have been seeing for almost 7 years. Three adjustments throughout the week, some groovy over the counter drugs and I was feeling better.
As our club was hosting the meet, I was required to volunteer some of my time to the event. I brought my parents along and the three of us spent the day helping to measure various throwing events. Lot's of fun, but by the time I was in the final few rounds of throwing in my event, I was getting pretty hungary and tired.
I had a great warm up and came out with a seasonal best first throw of 43.5m. After that things declined with every throw. 43.5 was good enough for second place and a silver medal.
One of my major goals at the beginning of the season was to reach new seasonal bests at every meet. Out of the 5 events I attended, I obtained seasonal bests in 4 of them.
Another goal was to throw 50m this year. I did not make it to 50m this year but I know that a full off season of dedicated throw training will get me far beyond the 50m mark next season. Hopefully even up to 60m so that I can qualify for nationals in Edmonton!!
This year was a great experience and I had such a great time training and competing. Meeting new peers on the track was also a nice change. I love my triathlon friends but it was nice to change things up this year.
It is very strange for me to be talking about the end of season in late July. I will actually get to have some hot summer time off without the pressures of training and dedicating time to workouts. I am sure the family wont mind either.
David
Friday 26 July 2013
Tuesday 16 July 2013
A few weeks off before the end of the season
Since my last post and the CALTAF meet things have been pretty busy for me. After taking a week to myself to work on the ITU World Cup Triathlon in Edmonton I started hitting the gym and had a really great session with Rob at the track that included about 70 throws (mostly to work on form through my final two cross steps).
It has been raining like crazy for the last little while in Edmonton and after the Edmonton international Track classic two major track facilities were torn up to prep for improvements, 2014 nationals and an up coming Pan am games bid (so I have heard). Needless to say track space has been limited.
I have not talked alot about the elbow pain I was having earlier in the season. Turns out it is very common in throwers, especially ones with poor form. Well minimal throwing over the past few weeks have halped so much in giving my arm a break. This weekend is Alberta Provincial championships and our club is hosting the event. I am looking forward to a new seasonal best distance and having some close family and friends onsite to watch.
I occassionally follow an australian blog and came accross a great quote that really sat with me:
"It’s amazing as people how we try and talk ourselves out of doing things that we know we want to. It’s self sabotage of a the highest order. If we somehow convince ourselves that something is too hard or too much of a risk, we find it easier to avoid challenging ourselves. The sad truth is that subconsciously we would rather avoid the challenge of achieving something than risking failure in our attempt. Fear inhibits what we achieve in life and I could feel the battle in the my head begin."
Sebastian Terry via 100things.com.au
It would have been easy for me to remain with triathlon. I would have had success but would I have been happy and excited about what I was doing? It is scary to change your athletic way of thinking after 11 years. Taking the challenge and stepping off that ledge was definately worth it and I dont regret it for a second.
David
It has been raining like crazy for the last little while in Edmonton and after the Edmonton international Track classic two major track facilities were torn up to prep for improvements, 2014 nationals and an up coming Pan am games bid (so I have heard). Needless to say track space has been limited.
I have not talked alot about the elbow pain I was having earlier in the season. Turns out it is very common in throwers, especially ones with poor form. Well minimal throwing over the past few weeks have halped so much in giving my arm a break. This weekend is Alberta Provincial championships and our club is hosting the event. I am looking forward to a new seasonal best distance and having some close family and friends onsite to watch.
I occassionally follow an australian blog and came accross a great quote that really sat with me:
"It’s amazing as people how we try and talk ourselves out of doing things that we know we want to. It’s self sabotage of a the highest order. If we somehow convince ourselves that something is too hard or too much of a risk, we find it easier to avoid challenging ourselves. The sad truth is that subconsciously we would rather avoid the challenge of achieving something than risking failure in our attempt. Fear inhibits what we achieve in life and I could feel the battle in the my head begin."
Sebastian Terry via 100things.com.au
It would have been easy for me to remain with triathlon. I would have had success but would I have been happy and excited about what I was doing? It is scary to change your athletic way of thinking after 11 years. Taking the challenge and stepping off that ledge was definately worth it and I dont regret it for a second.
David
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