Blogs : Matthew Megerdichian

weekend update

Well, the weekend went well overall I think.  I had a pretty consistent series on Friday in the hammer in what turned out to be a much nicer day in terms of weather than Saturday was.  My best throw was a personal best by almost a meter, 50.70m.  Kind of surprising to PR because I haven't gotten much circle time to practice it but my increased strength levels definitely helped and my technique was good as well.  On Thursday my strength & conditioning coach suggested that I take it light so we did a lot of bounding drills over hurdles and onto boxes which I think contributed well to the explosiveness I felt in my legs. 

Saturday morning it was in the 30s and very windy, but that’s no excuse.  I had some good warm-ups when I was just trying to go through the motions, but when the competition began I started thinking too much and lost quite a bit of technique which accounts for my terrible series.  My best throw of the day came in the second round, 58.36m.  My second best throw went 56m in the 3rd round.  It was tough to watch it fly out cause the wind had ceased temporarily but I squandered the opportunity by throwing a line-drive.  While I was hoping to PR early, it’s tough to not be satisfied with a throw only 10 feet off my best from last year in adverse conditions. 

It's official now that I'll be competing at the Florida Relays so hopefully it will come together down there. 

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12:55 AM, March 31, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

dude...if you just did a lot of bounding on thursday your legs were probably tired on saturday. which is pretty good right now because it just shows you can throw further!

Congrats

12:41 PM, March 31, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

On your pb in the hammer!