Ok, back from my meet today , which certainly didn’t go as planned (unfortunately). I felt great all day, even though I was out at the meet for around 4 hours prior to the race, I had umbrella shade and made sure to hydrate appropriately.
I felt really fresh and light going over hurdles warming up, and a bit inspired, as warming up with the likes of ashton eaton and jason richardson will do.
I got out of the blocks pretty well, despite the false start in my heat, but my speed endurance was lacking after hurdle 5, which caused the guy on my trail leg side to catch up. In doing so, we collided somehow and my trail leg and lead arm caught something of his, causing me to basically lose all control on hurdle 7 and resulting in a 14.33. The winner ran 13.69, and while I definitely don’t think I would’ve won, I think that this race had the potential to be in the 13.8s.
Also now there’s a gigantic hole in my spike. and a smaller hole in my pinky. Here’s a video of the race. I’m in lane 7 so it’s not the greatest view, but it’s ok.
https://www.flotrack.org/coverage/248555-2012-Mt-SAC-Relays/video/630557-M-110-H01-Olympic-Dev
I also notice that I definitely drop off after hurdle 5. In hindsight, this season has been lacking in speed endurance workouts compared to my previous ones. I have my last meet of the season in 2 weeks on may 5th. I’ll be trying to get some in before that time. I’ll try and fit in the McKoy drill as well.