Wow can't believe it took me this long to post about day 2. Day 2 for me was ok. Nothing spectacular. Josh's day 2 did not go so well.
For me:
Long jump: Won with an 18'5". I keep having the same problem that I was having for the last few seasons. I feel great in warm ups and am on the board (on my mark) for all my run throughs (my beginning practice runs). Then, something changes when I do my actual jumps and I'm a foot behind the board. Unfortunately they don't measure from where my foot took off, meaning I'm losing more than a foot every time. (The board is 8 inches long do when I take off even half a foot behind the board, I'm losing more than a foot on my measurement.) I ended up jumping a little more than a foot less than last year which is where I lost all the points I was ahead from day 1. More on my long jump woes later though.
Javelin: Nothing has really changed since last season. We still don't really know what we are doing and we've only practiced a little since then. This mostly results in me having to think about every single moment while competing. (Ideally when you get to competition time, you have practiced enough times that the motions are second nature and you don't have to think about anything.) I threw about the same as last season so didn't lose too many points there.
800: With only 5 of us in the field, is hard to find someone to run with. I'm usually in the back of the pack and was afraid I'd have to run by myself the whole time. My goal was to go out in 35 for the first 200 and keep that pace going for the rest of the time. Josh has been really helpful in this event because he always has extra tidbits to give. He advised I give it a little extra has when coming through the 400 and focus on increasing my turnover when I have 150 meters to go. One of the competitors was going out the same time as me so I just tried to remember what Josh told me and not let her get too far ahead of me. I ran a 2:32 and got a personal best by 2 seconds! Still have a ways to go since I want to be under 2:30. Improving the time on my second lap will help with that.
Full results from the hep:
http://www.rtspt.com/events/cal/multis14/140320F001.htm
Day 2 of the dec is way harder than day 2 of the hep. I only have 3 event and those 3 aren't terribly taxing, mentally or physically, especially when compared to the dec. Every event in dec day 2 is technically difficult.
Hurdles: Josh came out of the blocks fine but then sailed over the first hurdle. When that happens, there's not much you can do from there. His trail leg has improved so much from last year. He just needs more practice coming out of blocks to the first hurdle and I think it'll come together.
Disc: He threw ok. Certainly not as far as he's been throwing in practice. Since the disc isn't in the hep, I barely know anything about disc so he is pretty much trying to coach himself with very little feedback. Also, accessibility of field and his ankle have made it so he hasn't been able to practice much.
Pole vault: He's been practicing a lot lately and was hoping for a big pr. But pole vault is weird and sometimes it's hard to put things together and the big jump didn't come together.
Javelin: went about the same for him as it did for me. After that was over, he decided it wasn't worth it to run the 1500 hard and be too tired to work out for a week so we left.
Full results from the Dec:
http://www.rtspt.com/events/cal/multis14/140320F002.htm
Only about 5 weeks until our last multi. We have a long ways to go before then but hopefully we can pull together greatness. :-)
