New Year’s Day would not have been complete without a trip
to Bill Frederick Park for a round of disc golf.
Besides being a day off of work, it was the start of my
second hundred days of training in preparation for the 2014 World
Championships. It’s also supposed to be
a day to begin resolutions for the new year.
In my case, that began 100 days ago, when I committed to spending 300
days preparing for Worlds.
I played all of the Original Course (T-1) at the park that
is my home course. I was happy to see
that I haven’t totally forgotten how to play since so much of my training has
been focused on weight lifting and cardio.
So, in spite of the nasty weather, damp, cold, cloudy, and
with a slight drizzle of rain, I set out to play, and enjoyed every minute of
the outing.
Since it was practice, I felt no compulsion to play every
single throw but instead took several drives off the tee until I got that
perfect starting throw. I didn’t have to
rethrow eve
I enjoyed the practice immensely. Before leaving the house, I told my husband
that I was going to throw in the field since it was drizzling. But when I got to the park, I could resist
the temptation to just throw and have fun.
Last weekend I also played a round in the drizzling rain,
and by the time I was done, my shoes were soaked, my socks were filthy, and my
discs were coated with sand and dirt. I
took my time when I got home that day thoroughly clean all the discs and the
bag, so I wasn’t thrilled to have to do all that again yesterday. Thankfully, my discs stayed cleaner yesterday
and all I had to do was take them out of the bag and lay them out to thoroughly
dry.
Later today I will once again go to the gym, hit the
weights, put in the time on the elliptical machine – but I will remember what
it was like to throw the discs and will look forward to being able to do that
more often once daylight saving time returns.
198 Days to Worlds
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