Well it’s the day after the meet and I’m not too pleased, but somewhat satisfied. I know that statement is just as confusing as trying to figure out what color Micheal Jackson is now, but that’s the emotion and reaction to the meet right now. I fouled 5 of the 6 jumps I took in the competition and probably wouldn’t have made the final if it wasn’t for another guy in the competition fouling all of his jumps. On the flip side though I had some good fouls. (For those who feel I’m speaking in a foreign language right now, a foul jump is a jump that doesn’t get measured, but I can still see the distance once I get out of the pit.) So I don’t feel too bad, but I wish I would have gotten at least once of those jumps in to have a better mark on the books. The mark that was measured was so awful that I’m not going to even put it up. Not only that I didn’t think they were going to measure it because they signaled foul I came out of the phase and then they overturned the ruling and marked the jump. So another meet another mediocre performance. I’m also a little sore too, after 2 meets in 4 days, 12 jumps total I’m a little banged up. At the same time I’m sending this from a ferry on my way from Athens to the island of Crete on my way to the last and final meet of this European tour in Chania. When I heard ferry I was thinking that I was going to be on a paddle boat, like on old river boat, but it was actually a cruise ship with cabins and everything else. Again I’m traveling at night and we won’t make it to the island until 6:00 am and not telling how far the hotel is from the port. One thing that I have learn from this trip you have to be mentally prepared for the travel, because that alone will take a lot out of you. My time is running out on this pay computer (3euros or $6/ 20mins) so I will write more once I get to the next hotel.

written by lamontdagen