50M 7.68 sec Silver
100M 14.16 sec Silver
200M 29.37 sec Bronze
Long Jump 4.24 meters Silver
It was fun, I have never experienced something like this in my life.
I'm used to team sports, so to be out there on your own waiting for the bang of the gun was thrilling to say the least.
My mind was blanked out, and I just trusted that my training would take care of everything for me.
50 meter: this was just a take off and go as fast as you can. As I topped out I could feel my hip extensor start to strain so I just stayed at that pace and held.
100 meter: this was the one I trained for and felt the best about. I got a good start, and stretched my drive phase and reached about the same max velocity as in the 50 meter heat. I noticed that I was able to close on the leader at about the 80 meter mark. I'll never forgive myself for slowing down before the finish, probably costed me 0.2 sec.
200 meter: I knew I had already spent everything I had in the first two races, but I gave it my best shot. I drove hard for the first 50 meters, floated the rest of the turn, then tried to turn it on for the final 100 meters but I had nothing left in the tank. I did all I could to just keep running.
Hearing the crowd helped a lot.
Long Jump: I had no idea what I was doing in this event. My best two jumps came off the wrong leg.
Oh well, I wanted to try something different and this was the venue to test it out. I went all out on the final jump and almost broke my left foot on the landing.
What I learned:
1. Run to the finish! Don't leave anything to regret even when you are losing.
2. Work on flexibility, my stride needs to be a little bit longer.
3. Improve speed endurance, particularly on the 200 meter event.
Resistance:
Bench 6x135,155,185 lbs
Pull-ups neutral 4x6
Incline curls 8x25,30 lbs
MB throws, hops, skips, high knees
One mile run in the afternoon to stretch out the legs and hip, 9:45 pace.
Hops, skips, high knees, stretching, foam roller
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