Well, back from competition. The weather cooperated but my throwing equipment sure didn’t! Okay day of throwing for me, overall. A little disappointed in my numbers. We were using a modified decathlon scoring system where the women were based against the Canadian women’s throwing records and the men were based against the Canadian men’s throwing records so that we could compete against each other in a similar environment.
Each event would have the decathlon scoring applied to it and then ranks for that event would be given. Person with the highest score would be 1st and given 1 point. 2nd gets 2 points. Continues for all competitors. Name of the game is to have the lowest number of points at the end of the comp. Apples to apples? Not quite but close enough for the AD.
Here’s my numbers. Going by memory so they’re not absolutely correct, but very close.
Braemar: 16’ plus change with a 16# stone. It was ugly.
LH: My boot broke on me. Tried twice with one functioning hammer boot and when that didn’t go so well, took one with just cleats on for my best at a whopping 59’ plus change. Not my best.
OS: 21’ plus change with an 11# stone. Tried a shuffle and should have tried my last as a spin. Wasn’t getting any separation at all and definitely wasn’t staying low enough.
Caber: The only event that I truly rocked. Three solid turns with a best of 12:30. Have to work on some twisting issues I have when I go for the pull but overall, I’m very happy with this one. It was an 11’x45# caber. JJ needs to find something a little longer and the same weight for me next year. I made that thing look like a toy.
LWFD: I was expecting big things and got very disappointed on this one. The weight we used for the first two rounds was kinda crappy, so I asked the judge if I could bring out my pretty polanik. I had to throw the ring handle on (had been practicing with a D-handle but found out that it was half a pound light with that handle - have to fix this) so the weight would be 14#. Wasn’t used to the ring handle and it was a bit slippery. Ended up with a best of 48’9" or some such. So disappointing when I had been throwing 50’+ in practice. Could half a pound equate to that much distance? I doubt it.
WOB: Wasn’t finishing my pulls at all for the first few. Still thinking about the LWFD and wasn’t used to having to throw with an actual bar above my head. Took me three tries to get 10’ and another three to get 11’. Took pulls at 12’, the last was my best but my head wasn’t there and I was starting to get tired and bitchy.
Sheaf: Yet again, wasn’t finishing this thing at all. Very shaky. Ended up squeaking it over the bar at 16’ and I don’t think I got very close to 18’. I’m over thinking this one. Not feeling poppy at all. Doesn’t help that it was at the end of the day but still. I need to use my legs and I’m so paranoid of the bag hitting the ground that I barely drop my hips. Don’t know what to do about this one.
With the modified scoring, I won first place. Would have been nicer to win with a PR in hand but that doesn’t happen all the time so I’ll just have to get over it and start practicing for my next comp in GP.