Tucson Games Results
braemar (24.5#) - 35'8 - 1st
open (16#) - 44+, pulled groin 2nd attempt & passed - 1st
HWFD - 39'11.25" - 1st - fouled 41'1 on extras
LWFD - fouled out - 11th
HH - 90+ - 1st - 96+ on extras
LH - 112+ - 1st
Sheaf - 28 - 1st - 30' on extras
Caber (18' 100#s) - 12:00 - 1st
WOB - 14' - 4th
Overall = 1st w/ 21.5pts, 2nd place had 25pts.
Was pretty happy with braemar, considering the stone is just terrible. I was expecting to toss a 21.5# stone like we did last year, then this thing showed up to haunt me. Oh well. Open was just terrible. Over anxious to pop that bad boy out there. Didn't get on my left, and didn't pivot enough before exploding = pulled right groin. Ugh. Very minor, but still, now it's going to sit in the back of my head all day long.
After the pulled groin, I was very timid about the weights. I took a 2 one turns and a full throw to warm up on HWFD. Really focused on getting on my left for both the sprint and drive. Tried to use my right leg as little as possible and you could definitely tell. The extra time I took to get on my left was driving me way left. Fouled my first attempt, then a sweet 39'11" on my 2nd attempt. I was befuddled when he pulled it in thinking there was no way it was that far. In fact, I went out to look at the divot and was asking others if that's really where it landed. When I was up again, I hit just barely to the left of the one before and it was 39'11.25". Took an extra and fouled a 41'1" and called it there. Happy with these considering the mind fuck my groin was giving me. Groin wasn't really bugging me, but then, I wasn't giving it a big reason to either and I was afraid to really push it. Ended up doing the same thing with the light weight, drifting off the the left due to a late sprint. Fouled all 3 and ended 11th place. They told me I should do a one turn on my last attempt just to get a mark. The current leader at the time was at 68'. I wanted 80+ so I went for it as I was pretty close on my others. Fouled it out, oh well.
After weights, we went to the sheaf. Sheaf has given me some issues in the past and the last time I was at a games that did sheaf was in may in albuquerque. I really wanted 30', but I knew I hadn't put the practice time in that I needed. I just focused on a big back swing and a strong pull. Came in at 18' so I could work on accuracy. This was my issue last year. First toss my block was a bit late, every one after that I got it fixed. Worked up 3 feet at a time until we got to 26', then we went 2 feet at a time. There were 3 of us in at 30' and because I had no misses until 30', I took 1st on count backs. I missed all 3 attempts, then took extras and really focused on a huge back swing. On my 3rd extra I cleared it for a huge 4' PR. That was the highlight of my day.
After sheaf we broke for lunch. I got about a 1/2 for lunch since sheaf ran so long. By the time I got to the hammer cage, everyone was ready to go and I had just gotten my boots on. I was granted 1 warmup/wind, clearly not enough. My first heavy hammer was 90+, then a couple terrible ones at 86. It was enough to win it. On my 2nd extra I finally loosened up enough to get my hips driving the hammer ball and dropped one at 96. Not happy but acceptable I suppose. Afterwards my hips shut down again for light hammer. 2 at 112 and 1 at 111. Blegh, didn't even take extras, just wanted to move on.
Caber was pretty fun, There were only 3-4 of us that actually turned it despite it being a relatively easy stick. Lots of T&F guys that throw pretty far, but no caber experience. All the picks felt easy, the first one I didn't get enough speed and landed @ 1030. 2nd one got incredible speed and I couldn't get my footing fast enough before the caber came off my shoulder, that didn't turn, maybe it was 75 degrees, I don't know. Last one felt solid. Got a good drive, and a strong pull, easy 12:00.
Last up was WOB. I've been having issues with WOB lately. I don't know if it's because I'm pulling early or I'm just not finishing the pull. I forgot to get video so I don't really have a way to analyze it at this time. I'm going to experiment over the next few weeks and see. Every pull was way high enough, even at 15', but it was either out in front of the bar or came down on top of the bar and didn't get behind it. Meh, whatevs. I ended up taking 4th at this event.
All in all it was a great games and was extremely fun. Can't wait to go back. Got lots of work to do this off season, starting with rehabbing this groin and taking a week off of throws. Looking forward to next season. Now it's time to get strong!!
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