Monday, April 18, 2011

Goin' for the next Record

Training is going well in preparation for the outdoor season. My plan is to do two or three meets in May before doing decathlons on June 11th, and July 6th. That gives me two chances to get a record, either the AR or WR. Either will do... The terrible weather this spring in Oregon and the fact that I was sick for almost two weeks put me a little behind, but I'm catching up quickly. I've been vaulting a lot, lots of jumps, and I'm finally seeing it pay off. I've had some good jumps getting upside down, and jumped 12' yesterday from a 4 step (55') approach on a small pole, so that was pretty cool. My shoulder and hip haven't been hurting when I do javelin drills so I'm hoping that I can throw at least 135 in a decathlon if I can keep training. My PB's from meets and practice over the last year add up to about 7850 on the new age graded tables, which is more than 200 points above the WR, so it's within reach.
I've had some decent running workouts, but I need to keep up the mileage so my 1500 doesn't drop off. Today I did 6 reps up the hill in front of our house, about 140m up a pretty steep hill, it's about the hardest running workout you can do I think. I did hurt my heel yesterday hurdling, I really can't believe I hurt it again in the same place, but I don't think it's too bad, hopefully it'll go away quickly. I'll go easy on the jumping for a few days and see what happens.