The meet on saturday was a disappointing way for me to end my season. First warm ups went wonderfully, everything felt great. I had no problems at all jumping on the big pole! But I had one where I did not land as deeply as I would like and the fear set in. Messed up the rest of my warm up and I was unable to clear 3.11. Did enjoy talking to Joe from Vertical Assault, been a very long time since I have been there!!
Now I must refocus and look towards next year. Everything is now directed towards getting myself on the plane for indoor nationals, only 295 days to go! Looking forward to two weeks of recovery from a very long season, then have to get back to work and get ready to go for next year! No more excuses for not being at nationals!!
As a recap of the season, overall it was pretty good. Managed a 6 cm PR over the course of the year. While this may not seem huge I can tell I have improved in other ways. I got over being unable to jump in practice or warm up, its not perfect yet, but its better! Also, what I think was the biggest improvement was the change from jumping on a 12' 120 lbs pole to jumping on a 13' 130 lbs pole!! This means I am jumping much better than I ever have before, even if the heights are not showing it yet. Hopefully with the work I can will put in this summer I will be able to develop the athleticism I need to really show improvement!
Good luck at Nationals to Dira, automatic qualifier in the 400 hurdles, Rich, automatic qualifier in the decathlon and provisional qualifier in the high jump, and Matt Winker, automatic qualifier in the 800! Also, hopefully Brittany can retain her spot and go in the Long jump, and Congrats to Jenna for hitting the provo mark in the High jump! Also, Congrats to all the graduating seniors of 2011!!!
This was a good year for our team, obviously we can be a lot better but I really believe that an attitude change has begun to take hold that will lead us to amazing things in the next few years! Looking forward to bringing in nearly 60 new freshman!! Should be an awesome year!
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Long Weekend
So because of track this weekend I had Friday off from class and the meet definitely made this one loooonng weekend! The bus left friday morning at 6 am and we were in Lexington at Washington and Lee just before 10. Watched the multi-athletes get their events started, then Pole Vaulted at 1. It was nice to start at a lower height this weekend, its been a while since I have come in after opening. I opened at 9 feet, 2.75 m, after another stetchy warmup, the problem this time was that it ended after my first full run. But I still managed to get over 9 ft on my first attempt. I also had first attempt clearances at 9'6", 2.90 m, and 10", 3.05 m. My three attempts at 10'6" were close, but I was unable to get over my PR height from last year. It is nice to be jumping at it already this year though!!! The other vaulters also had a good day, Taryn jumped 8'6" Fish 13'6" and Joey 14'6" ( a new PR and meet winner).
After the vault Taryn and I headed over to long jump. Had a decent day, my three jumps were all very close but got progressively longer. The farthest one was 4.57 m,15', not quite my PR but close. Then we layered up for the cold evening and toughed it out long enough to stay to watch the 5 and 10 k runs, the men's 10k did not start until 9:50 and it is over a half hour race!!! It was worth it to support my teammates though. Headed to the hotel, then got back on the bus at 9:45 the next morning to start all over again.
Triple jump started at 1. I was really nervous, the last time I triple jumped it did not end to well. Unfortunately one day of practice was not enough to give me the confidence I needed to jump successfully. My knee felt fine, but I was hesitant to jump off it for my third phase and ran through all three jumps. But I have two weeks to get my act together and try again at Lynchburg. Then I ran the 200 in the cold. Did manage to finally run sub 30 with a 29.62. Then cheered on teh 4x8s, the last event of the day and left the track by 6. Got back to CNU at 10:30, about 41 hours after we left but over all it was a good weekend for all, especially Rich who auto quaified in the Decathlon, and Asare who provod in the Triple jump!
Now spending the day catching up on work and getting some kind of run in at some point.
After the vault Taryn and I headed over to long jump. Had a decent day, my three jumps were all very close but got progressively longer. The farthest one was 4.57 m,15', not quite my PR but close. Then we layered up for the cold evening and toughed it out long enough to stay to watch the 5 and 10 k runs, the men's 10k did not start until 9:50 and it is over a half hour race!!! It was worth it to support my teammates though. Headed to the hotel, then got back on the bus at 9:45 the next morning to start all over again.
Triple jump started at 1. I was really nervous, the last time I triple jumped it did not end to well. Unfortunately one day of practice was not enough to give me the confidence I needed to jump successfully. My knee felt fine, but I was hesitant to jump off it for my third phase and ran through all three jumps. But I have two weeks to get my act together and try again at Lynchburg. Then I ran the 200 in the cold. Did manage to finally run sub 30 with a 29.62. Then cheered on teh 4x8s, the last event of the day and left the track by 6. Got back to CNU at 10:30, about 41 hours after we left but over all it was a good weekend for all, especially Rich who auto quaified in the Decathlon, and Asare who provod in the Triple jump!
Now spending the day catching up on work and getting some kind of run in at some point.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Moving Outdoors
Literally today we moved outdoors, as we started practice off by moving all of our equipment from the Freeman Center to the outdoor track. After all this madness was complete we ran a quick work out on the track.
3 laps of sprint the straights and walk the turns
3 laps of sprint the curves and walk the straights
Felt a little wimpy that we were just walking the recovery, but it was nice to have a lighter day as a little recovery after the indoor season, since we are pushing forward with no break.
Then, we hit the weight room for the first time in nearly a month for me!!!! Can't lie the weights were a little wimpy but its been a while.
2x10 incline press- 30lbs
2x10 shoulder press- 30 lbs
2x10 rows each arm- 15 lbs
2x10 lat pulls- 75 lbs
2x10 NRG pulls- 75 lbs
3x10 bench- 100 lbs ( this was actually the wieght I was supposed to be lifting today so I am happy I got through it!)
Overall today was a pretty good day, it will be nice to get back to running some, I have missed it these last few weeks. It helps that the weather is supposed to be nice this week!
Finally, congrats to all of my teammates who are headed to nationals this week, Dira in the 800 and pentathlon, Rich in the Pentathlon, Brittany in the Long Jump, and Winkler in the 800. Good luck this week and I look forward to reporting good stuff from them!
3 laps of sprint the straights and walk the turns
3 laps of sprint the curves and walk the straights
Felt a little wimpy that we were just walking the recovery, but it was nice to have a lighter day as a little recovery after the indoor season, since we are pushing forward with no break.
Then, we hit the weight room for the first time in nearly a month for me!!!! Can't lie the weights were a little wimpy but its been a while.
2x10 incline press- 30lbs
2x10 shoulder press- 30 lbs
2x10 rows each arm- 15 lbs
2x10 lat pulls- 75 lbs
2x10 NRG pulls- 75 lbs
3x10 bench- 100 lbs ( this was actually the wieght I was supposed to be lifting today so I am happy I got through it!)
Overall today was a pretty good day, it will be nice to get back to running some, I have missed it these last few weeks. It helps that the weather is supposed to be nice this week!
Finally, congrats to all of my teammates who are headed to nationals this week, Dira in the 800 and pentathlon, Rich in the Pentathlon, Brittany in the Long Jump, and Winkler in the 800. Good luck this week and I look forward to reporting good stuff from them!
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