Vaulting in the Big Leagues

I’ve finally woken up from my cold medicine coma long enough to type up a quick entry about last weekend.

I did not compete at Boston Indoor Games because of my quad, but last weekend we went to the Yale Giegengack Invitational and I jumped 11’3.75″ for a new personal best and second place overall  I just keep on adding a few inches each time I jump. Haha.

I was still competing with my quad injury and it did throw me off a little.  My rhythm on the runway felt a little off and I couldn’t cycle my leg through as powerful as usual, but I kept powering through.  Going into the meet I really wanted to focus on getting upside down (turning better!–sheesh! I’m gonna do it one of these days!) and not keeping my trail leg long throughout the jump.  Well, you use your quad a lot to do that so it got irritated quickly.  I was still going in competition and had the bar at 11’9″ and after one pretty solid attempt I had to pull out of the competition.  :-(  I’m pretty confident that I’ll have that jump next time I compete.

I won’t be competing at the BU Valentine’s Day invitational, but I’m still going to try and go.  This week’s focus is getting my leg ready to jump at A10s (and battling a cold!).  I have treatment on my leg everyday, keeping up with my rehab exercises, and studying videos to get mentally prepared for the meet.