I got to the meet and felt great. Near the end of my warm-up I had a weird takeoff and felt a little tweak in my right forearm. I've never had a forearm issue, so I didn't think much of it. I took another final takeoff and didn't turn up and it was OK.
After I sat for a bout 40 minutes I got two run throughs. On the first I just took off and rode through. No big deal. On number two I turned up and felt my forearm again when I pulled and again when I went to push off.
Rather than risk a major in jury I stopped. The end. It sucked but it was the right thing to do. All training and jumping has gone great so I didn't want to feel like a fool for the next eight weeks recovering from an injury I never should have had.
All in all I'm on the right poles and runs and things feel great. The arm is better today so I'll be careful for a few weeks. Thanks for hanging in here with me. Bubba
John Mayer - "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32GZ3suxRn4
It's hard to believe I haven't even been here a week yet. In fact I left Texas a week ago. That said I've had a very productive week of work and workout considering I moved in during a pouring rain storm on Tuesday.
Today was my last leg lift day, and then I went over to the school to get my poles ready for Reno. The poles get picked up Wednesday and I fly out Thursday.
I think I"m ready. I'm only taking 4m/13'1" poles but I have six of them from a 160 to a 180 so I think I'm covered. Thanks for your support and have a great day! Bubba
Blur - "Song 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc18xt5wQnk
Jumping in Belton was pretty uneventful. I jumped on the same poles and the same heights as practice and felt pretty good. I made 11' on my first jump, won my division and stopped so I wouldn't be hurt for Reno. The elite girls were after me and I didn't want them to have to wait to warm up.
Lesson learned? I've been training on a downhill runway so it was a struggle to do what I did every day even though I was fresh. It took a lot of work to get things to match up and I hated that. Won't make that mistake again.
I got to Dana Point yesterday (Tuesday), got unpacked, moved in, and was running bleacher ramps at Dana Hills High School by 6:45 AM this morning. The distance (60m) is over twice what I've been running in Texas with sleds so I only did five instead of 10. I'll ramp that up slowly after Reno.
New place is great; right across the street from the beach. The gym is good at 7 so I'm ready to rock. Very pumped. Have a great day and thanks for checking in! Bubba
In honor of Motorhead frontman and bassist, Lemmy Kilmister who just passed - "Ace of Spades" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDvo6DbxeOg
