2011 Goals, training and throwing

[Alan H]

Actually, the year looks like this....assuming everything happens as planned.

January : train for 4 days with Mike and Mindy
February: Stones workshop with Ken Lauther ...maybe some caber, too
March: small group workshop with Ryan Vierra...might go down to So Cal if Francis Brebner does another workshop with the Orange County group.
April: first weekend, tuneup Games at Ardenwood.... then Season Opener @ Woodland in late April
May: Costa Mesa Games
June: Loch Lomond Celtic Society, aka "Watsonville Games"
July: Enumclaw, WA ...North American Championships
August: Monterey Highland Games (and Backpacking)
September: Pleasanton (assuming I get an invitation) if I don't then I'll go to the MWC for sure, and blow off the red ink ... possibly Fresno this year.
October: Santa Cruz Games and Ventura Games if my knees hold out

[Alan H]

I just looked up the 2010 MWC and I would've been about 6th or 7th out of 16 if I'd thrown "typical to good" but not outrageously good in the M50-54 group. That's better than I thought it would have been.

[Detroitpete]

I just looked up the 2010 MWC and I would've been about 6th or 7th out of 16 if I'd thrown "typical to good" but not outrageously good in the M50-54 group. That's better than I thought it would have been.

Alan--You've got a yeoman's schedule there and I totally understand you wanting to get into Pleasanton. Hope you do and throw far--if not--then I just want to make sure I tell you that there is NOTHING like throwing at the MWC. Truly a mountian top experience. Talk about a brotherhood! Hope that someday soon we're both able to meet at a MWC.

[Alan H]

Oh, I've thrown at Pleasanton twice now, but I've screwed it up both times. 2009 I did a mess of Good Mornings in the gym the week before and I compressed a disk and had no strength in my knees. 2010 my knees were pretty beat up already, and then I went backpacking with the Mrs for our anniversary. Hiking in was two, 7-8 mile days, climbing 1500+ feet with a 60 pound pack on my back. That was the last straw and the last day of hiking out was misery, my knees hurt so much. Six days later I'm at Pleasanton, trying to throw again. I had the worst Games of the season at Pleasanton, in both years.

I am NOT going to do that again. Not this year, probably the only year I will have a ghost of a chance at actually standing on a podium.

However, going to an MWC is definitely on the agenda! I'm bummed that they conflict. I want to meet you and also meet Bill Gray from Georgia.