A HUGE practice

[Alan H]

Well, despite not-so-great showing at Livermore, some stuff is clearly coming together.

Today I went out and tossed LWFD, lots of 39 - 41 foot throws, the usual. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but...

So then I went and did WOB for a while, got kind of tired since I haven't been in the gym for a while. So I knocked that off and I took the 42'er over for some HWFD and that went pretty well... 3-4 27 foot tosses, which is good for me. The rhythm felt good and I was starting to actually put some power into the throws during the second turn. So on a whim, I swapped handles back to the 28 pounder..

.....concentrated on staying low and slow in the first turn
..........started applying power in the second turn earlier that I usually do and WHOOOAAAAH...

3-4, 45 foot tosses in a row, and probably two out to 47 feet! I paced them off, didn't have a tape so it wasn't very accurate, but the distance was significantly beyond 15 long steps. At that point I was getting seriously tired and I knocked off before I did something stupid to my knee, but

47 feet? 47 feet?

I NEVER thought I'd see 47 feet! WOOOHOOO!

The scary thing is that 46 - 47 foot tosses will win the event in my local 50 - 59's, and the only event I've ever outright won is light hammer. I think the other guys would flip out if I showed up and delivered a 47 foot toss..