Jumped 7.54m today, first attempt, no wind. Second one was a foul about 7.65m, fouled by 2-3cm. 3 more fouls after that, and 7.33 for the 6th attempt.
Started the approach at 113 feet, last attempt was at 114.5, barely legal. I’ve never ran that fast on the runway, every next attempt was faster than the previous one, and that caused me to panic at the board.
Now I am faced with a dilemma:
Should I try to maintain the speed I had for the first attempt and last week, and hope to be able to execute the take-off better than ever in order to get a farther jump.
or
Keep running faster and faster, and focus on learning to execute the take-off properly at this higher speed in practice.
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