Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Event 7 - High Jump
Trying to make up for lost time, here's another event run down
Event
High Jump
PB
1.70
Background
From memory, I have entered this event 4 times, jumping between 1.65 and 1.70 each time. Given that my total training time comes to zero minutes, the fact that I can Fosbury Flop with some degree of success is fairly remarkable. Actually, flinging myself over the bar is probably a better description of my technique. Once again, it has been 10 years since I last competed in this event, but as I was never shiny in the first place, I shouldn't be too rusty.
Potential
The main problem is that specialist high jump training is very demanding on the body - high jumpers are injured a lot. So specialist work - specifically lots of plyometrics - will have to be limited, However, like all the technical events, some time invested in technique should pay dividends.
Goal
I've always wanted to say I could jump higher than myself (just never enough to do anything about it), so 1.81 metres is my goal.
Double Decathlon Goal
The legs will have lost of bit of the spring in their step after the 800m and 5000m, so 1.75 (585 points) would still be a good height
Postscript
Didn't want to get out of bed this morning, but managed to drag myself into work at 6.00am. However, a mixup with the keys meant the building was locked. So I walked down the hill, and sat on a bench watching the sun come up over Sydney Harbour - a fantastic way to start the day - let down only by the absense of a certain someone.
