Cal day 1 wrap-up and day 2 preview

Day 1 of the cal multi ended pretty well for both of us. Over our last multi from last season, I improved at least a tiny bit in every event and Josh improved in most events. Competition is way higher at this season's cal multi over the one from last year. I sure felt more tired at the end of the day than I remember feeling.

My results from yesterday:
100 hurdles: 14.88 (personal best [pr])
High jump: 4'8.25" (better than last meet last season but still my big weak point)
Shot put: 36' (pr)
200: 25.76 (few hundredths slower than last season but it's early and started way too slow)

Josh results:
100: 11.66 (pr)
Long jump: 20'2.25" (better than last season; last jump was big but he scratched [aka his foot was beyond the take-off board])
Shot put: 38'9"
High jump: 5'8" (better than last year but we have a long way to go; not bad considering his broken ankle is his jump leg and high jump puts a lot of strain on the ankle)
400: 51.62 (got out pretty slow also, but that helped him not feel quite as tired and spent at the end of the day)

Today should be a fun day for both of us! Josh has the 100 hurdles, disc, pole vault, javelin, and 1500 in that order. I start my day with long jump (my favorite!) and then have javelin and the 800. Definitely going to be a cooler day today but at least the sun finally came out. :-) Here we go!

First multi of the season!

OMG! Today is the first day of our first multi! We were hoping it would be our second but weather decided otherwise. We're competing at UC Berkeley. There are 6 women in my group and 12 guys in Josh's. Josh starts at 11:25 with the 100 meter dash. He then has the long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400 meter dash, in that order. I start at 12:15 with 100 meter hurdles. Then I have the high jump, shot put, and 200 meter dash. Weather so far is totally beautiful!

This season so far we have only done 2 other meets. We competed at an all comer meet at Cal a few weeks ago and then I competed at our old alma mater, UC Davis last week. At the all comer, Josh did pole vault and long jump while I did long jump, high jump, hurdles, and the 800. Last week I did the long jump and hurdles. Can definitely say we are a little rusty but those meets sure helped get the kinks out. Super nervous about high jump and javelin. This season our training had focused mostly on running and less on skill events, meaning we have some big holes in our repertoire. That's the name of the game though: maximize your strengths while minimizing your weaknesses. This meet is really going to show where we need to place our focus for the rest of the season.

We'll update hopefully after competition today. Wish us luck! Naymoo!

-Laura/Deucebach