A New Hope

I competed today at the virginia tech elite meet. Competition wasn't elite at all however. Marquis dendy was jumping but he said was doing short approach coming off of surgery in the fall. But, I still managed to jump something better than last season legally, and I had a foul jump well over 52'. 

Now, I hate to be one of those people that talks about woulda coulda shoulda, but this was a purely practice meet, so I am bolstered by such a good jump. All of my other jumps hung around 50' which is odd to me, I'm usually a jumper that hits around the same distance. The problem was in the takeoff I believe. And it was partially mental. My run through was strong until I stood up and braced for the board. If I felt good about my position I would blast off the board and stay disciplined through the phases. If I didn't feel good I would be lazy and then try to power through the rest. Overall very happy, ankle didn't give out. I won, lol. Now to organize a training plan to clean up my weaknesses. And to call Muhammad, lol.