- 22# braemar - 2nd - 34'6.5" / 36'1.5" PR / 36'1.5"
- 16# open - 3rd - 40'11.5" / 42'3.5" / 41'2"
- HWFD - 6th - F / F / F
- LWFD - 1st - 70'11" / 72'1.5" / 75'8" PR / (extras = 74'10.75" / 70'9")
- HH - 1st - 92'9" / 91'5.75" / 93'5" PR / (extra = 91'8")
- WOB - 1st @ 15'
- Caber - 3rd - 17.5' 100# - 2:30 / 10:45 / drop
Very fun games, thanks to Steve Conway for judging and the rest of the crew for making a good time out of a small field despite the last minute issues. Also big thanks to Jon O'Neil's dad for marking for us and thanks to Jon for helping fix my WFD issues I was having for some strange reason.
Here are my thoughts about the events for my own notes and for anyone else that cares:
Braemar - felt good and nailed a PR, however, after watching the video I look slow. I need a faster/stronger pop once I get down into double post, as well as pushing all the way through.
Open - blegh, horrid. I'm done with the glide. I've got a few local people who can help me out with the south african so I'm going to start working this exclusively, I need to get this up to 50'.
HWFD - way off.. stayed up too late and skipped breakfast, two very dumb mistakes. My cast was off, my hips were slow and my pull was late which resulted in 3 ugly fouls.. the crappiest part was that all throws were 37+ ft which would be PRs and would have taken the event. meh,excuses right?
LWFD felt good after fixing my cast issues, still pulling late and slow hips after the 2nd spin. Nailed a PR and I'm very happy with that, I've got my sights sent on 80' now. Need to remember to keep that arm long and drive hard to the trig.
HH was good but not good enough despite a PR and 1st in the event. Only got to practice hammers 4 times in the 6 weeks between Phx and Vegas due to the abdominal injury. For a n00b like me, that's not good as my form had broken down. Will be focusing on staying very long and off to my right during training. Also need to work on pulling my arms in on the release, I know that's costing me.
WOB felt off for some reason. Mainly because I don't have standards to train with so I wasn't pulling all the way through and therefore releasing early. Once I got this figured out I cleared 15' pretty easy. Unfortunately I took so many throws due to misses I was gassed quite a bit. I hit the bar at 16' (standing) twice and then didn't come close the 3rd time. I'm going to be building a standards here pretty soon and just working reps with 15' I want to hit 17' by the end of the season. I just need to get in the reps.
Caber was awesome. I don't care how shitty it looks in the video (from a technical standpoint). I've yet to turn an A caber and I did it, that was the first step. Now I need to get a lot of time in. I need to carry it a bit higher, more upright and run longer/stop trying to chase it and pull all the way through.
On a side note, after the games I went to this place called "Hash House A Go Go". At first I thought it was going to be some raunchy strip club/restaurant but my friend assured me. Boy was I surprised. AWESOME food and ENORMOUS portions. Definiately a must if you're going to be in Vegas (or San Diego) any time...ever.
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