Throwing my Weight Around: More numbers....and another question.

I wrote recently about what it means to feel "ready" for a game after my dear friend Grace asked me what that meant. This weekend, after the game in Estes Park, Grant asked me, "did you have a good game."

Well, thanks babe...I did....why though?

Oh shit another deep thought on a simple question??? WHY???

Seriously, what does it mean to have a good game? Surface level asks surface question...did you throw well...did you win? I have always had a complicated relationship with the "did you win= a good game." Those who know me a little better know that about me already....I often do not post the actual out come of a competition. I have won some games and felt like absolute shit afterwards, so....what made it a good game this weekend?

There might just be too many factors for me to figure it out anymore. I just know that I started out the day pretty joyful in movement and was able to hold on to that. Was the weather good, yes. Beautiful setting, yes. Throwers I love sharing the field with, yes. New people to throw with who were open and generous, yes. Did I throw well, yes. Did I throw far (for me), yes.

I know a bunch of this is really about my mental prep, lead up or day of. So how do I work on fixin my brain to have a "good game?" Eh...I can't. I guess it'll always be a crap shoot.

I will say I am not quite a wrecked as I thought I might be after doing a double. Not sure I wanna do it anytime again soon....oh dammit...never mind....I am doing it again at the end of the month.

Ooooopsie.

So, I promised numbers....The first number is the list from the post-it note from two weeks ago, second number is from Estes...

25........27' 9.25" Oh, nice.

31........31' 9.5" Threw a little further in Pleasanton, but I am always happy when I am over 30'

45.......46'10" Pretty similar, but happy...keeping that 2 turn.

62.........62' 5.25" Wheeee....On the struggle bus with light....

65.........67' 1.5" Happy with this one for sure.

80.........78' 9.5" Ahhhhh, more struggles with my light hammer.

18.........18' Um this was a fantasy, but I actually got it. And I also only got this because I did not know how high it was, I thought we were at 16, maybe 17. Popped it over, last one in, and was asked if I wanted to go up. Where are we, I ask...oh, really, I just cleared 18...again, with the mental game stuff. Tried 19, been a looooong time since I tried that. Didn't get it, but I was close.

26' on sheaf. Don't throw sheaf in Pleasanton, so I didn't have a number on my post-it. Happy as hell with 26, I went for 28....I think I might get it soon. Honestly, I don't think I will; but It is crazy to think I might be able to get a PR after all these years and at my rapidly advancing age.

Ok...on that note....I did say a while back that I thought I should make some goals...big goals. I have but I haven't put them up on here.

Here they are....now keep in mind that these are "dream goals." Alrighty, I am nervous about even putting these out there. sigh.

There they are....next year's goals. I know I gotta get through 2024 first....and yea, something could show up to derail the focus. But there they are.

Dream big my friends and see how it goes.