Winding down and amping up!

Nice tan lines, bro.

Less than a week to go! It's still hard to believe how quickly this season went. And what a weird one it was! The winter was beautiful; warm and sunny almost every day with very little rain and then sorting was cold and rainy four a few days followed by hot and sunny. Make up your mind California!

At the beginning of the season (and throughout even), we kept saying "we have to work in high jump and javelin. Those are the priorities." While I did work on high jump more, we have yet to make much progress with the two. But some progress it better than none! Definitely don't feel ready with either of them but that's how the multi goes. If you wait until you are ready then you'll never compete!

Our fearless hurdle leader!

Yesterday was an awesome hurdle session! Both of us came out of blocks thorough 4 hurdles and it was probably the best we have looked so far. Really excited to see how we put a race together! Then worked on high jump. The approach is becoming a lot more patterned and feels a little more natural. Today, Josh vaulted for a little, while I did a short leg shake out and then more high jump. Finally understanding how to feels to really take off in the correct position! (Which is kinda freaky cause you take off while leaning in the complete opposite direction!!!) 

Last few weeks of competition have been up and down. We went to Chabot College a few weeks ago. The weather was beautiful and conditions were awesome. I love it when the timing works out perfectly and I don't have to jump around from event to event. (Makes it so much easier for my short attention span brain to handle.) The highlight of the day for me was long jump. All season (and really for the past few seasons) I have been consistently jumping from behind the board, which just means I end up losing a lot of distance. The first few jumps, I was at least a foot behind to board and still jumping mid-18'. Finally, my last 2 jumps, I was on the board for the first time all season and it really paid off!! Last jump was 6.04m (19'9 3/4") which was a slight PR. :) Really hoping I can pull it together for meet this week. Video is from I think jump #3 or 4, which was just over 19 ft.

I also did hurdles, high jump, and the 200 that day. The other events went about as expected. On track for putting up bigger numbers than last season. Whoop Whoop.

Awkward turtle...

Josh then did long jump, pole vault, 100 and the 200. The 100 and 200 were mostly for blocks practice. He's certainly getting a lot better at coming out of the blocks and driving for longer than a few steps. Long jump went ok. He's getting good height off the board and bringing in ok speed at times. Now, those 2 things have to happen at the same jump. :) Pole vault was his main focus for the day. He'd been looking so awesome in the practices leading up to this meet. He just purchased a bunch of poles and has been trying to get used to them. (Apparently, every pole is different, whether they're made by the same manufacturer and are the same specs or not.) The video is his huge clearance at 12'10". He struggled with the attempts at the next height so I know he was a little frustrated by that. However, he cleared 13'6" in practice this week and looked like he could have cleared 14". Super excited to see how it pulls together this week. Being in the middle of the dec changes everything because you're way more tired, but he doesn't seem to be phased by being tired.

Expect multiple posts this week as we literally pack up for the trek to SoCal. I'm just praying that I don't have to hear this song on repeat for an hour and a half this year! :)
I See Hawks in L.A.: Grapevine