I practiced a little bit of shot put yesterday, and hit the track today just to keep loose. Tomorrow I may do a little bit of light stretching, but that’s going to be it. I leave Friday morning and travel all day, then compete Saturday and Sunday in Wisconsin.
Shot put yesterday was dismal…I threw the 18# ball a few times and was a couple of feet shy of my best mark (but right where I was at this time last year). I then worked on my glide a little bit and called it a day. Unless I tape myself it’s just too hard to figure out what I’m doing wrong. I think it’s probably time to get some coaching.
Running today was nice, simply because the sun was out finally. I warmed up and did a few sprint drills, but my legs still had some soreness in spots, so I kept it light. I brought out the hurdles and did some trail leg drills; I felt like that went pretty well. I didn’t do any lead leg stuff because the hamstring injurywas a little tender.
The soreness in the hamstring doesn’t overly concern me–I’ve run with it in the past and done fine. It’s the pain and weakness around my knees that has me a little worried—I don’t recall feeling that before. Hopefully with a couple more days rest it will go away and not slow me down.
