Visitors have left, time to get serious again!

For several months now, I’ve been proud of my progress in my quest to train for 300 days for the 2014 Disc Golf World Championships.  Then Christmas and New Year’s hit.  SCREEEEECH!  Did you hear me come to a screeching halt? 

I valiantly tried to remain true to my training schedule, but the truth is that things didn’t go as well as I hoped they would.  I enjoyed the time with our kids during the holidays, but now it’s time to get back to business.

Last weekend Danny competed in the “Throw Down the Mountain” Disc Golf Tournament in Brooksville, FL.  What?  You didn’t know there were mountains in Florida?  

The course near Brooksville is as close as it gets.  I’m sure my friends from Colorado would scoff at the suggestion that there is a mountain in Brooksville, so let’s just call it a really nice hill.  He had a great time and ended up tying for tenth place.  If both rounds could have been played from the long pads he probably would have done better.

While he was there, I went to my home course at Bill Frederick Park and played the T2 course.  It is the more technical of the two course at BFP.  The minute I stepped out of my car, I said in my mind, “Follow through on every drive.  Follow through on every drive.” It must have worked because I did quite well on most holes. 

My goal for the next month is to focus on the elliptical for my cardio workout.  The first time I got on that machine in November I did it for three minutes – BUT – I had to stop and rest for 30 seconds after each minute.  Before Christmas I got up to 26 minutes nonstop – my goal is to be able to work it nonstop for 60 minutes.  I have no idea how long it will take to be able to execute proper form for that long.  Hopefully by the end of January I’ll be close.

Danny has me on a schedule of low reps and high weights for the lifting part of my workout.  My preference is to do more reps at a lower weight, but I guess it’s the constant variation in the routine that keeps me getting stronger.

Last weekend while I was throwing, I was noticing that I was able to get the disc farther down the runway than usual, and that was a sign that all the lifting I am doing is beginning to make a difference out on the course. Hole five for instance has been a difficult hole for me, and resulted in me getting anywhere from a 7 to a 10 on it during competition.  Sunday I made it in 5 throws.  That was fun!

All this is to say, that I have my own mountain to continue to climb….even if I took a short holiday respite. 

   

186 days to go