Olympic Rounds at Gold Cup

OR's went well. I was crossing my fingers for a 90, but shot an 83, a personal best in a tournament.
After reviewing footage of my OR match I now see why I didn't shoot the 90. No worries, I'm still learning and will only grow from these experiences. I shot against the #8 ranked female recurve archer K. Granville. I'm working on compressing the video footage so I can share it online.

Records fall at New Jersey Gold Cup

Okay...so maybe field records weren't broken, but I broke my own record. I shot an 1125! Wahoo! The day didn't start so well, I shot 35 pts down/off my best score at 70m's. I had a lot of ground to make up and boy did I. I shot a personal best at 60m, 50m and 30m. Yeah so excited.
The field conditions were good. Sun, light wind and mid 70's. This year was the largest turn out (so I was told) there were 202 Archers Compound and Recurve Men/Women.
Tomorrow is suppose to be simialar weather for OR rounds. Everyone cross your fingers for me.

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Practice for New Jersey Gold Cup

Practice!

Groove is coming back

Wahoo! Just a little shout out that I feel like my groove is coming back. I was a little off my game the last week with the bow weight increase, but now I feel everything is coming together. Whew. Makes shooting that much more fun. Heading early to the OTC tomorrow to get some extra shooting time in. ttyl

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Today I will focus on my release hand.

First Place - 20m Saturday May 9th at OTC

I took first place this past weekend at the Olympic Training Center, Road Runner Archery Tournament. I win is a win, right...no, I don't think so in this case. I won, yes, but not the way I wanted to. I shot a 679/720, but this same distance 2months ago I shot a 696/720. I was completely off my game this weekend, both mental and physical.
I can give you all the excuses, would've, should of, could of out there, but it wont change the outcome. Just for the heck of it I'll list a few :) I went up in bow weight by 1.25lbs last week. My focus was on how heavy the bow was and how I couldn't pull the string back (very bad mental game) I know better then this, I know not to think like this, but in all honesty the environment was not conducive to this. I was incredibly starved due to the late start-11am and late finish-3:30pm. Ahh, you know what...I was going to continue on, but this is not productive. Instead I will suck it up to a learning experience and make sure that regardless of my situation, bow weight or surroundings I will shoot my best.
okay...all done...thanks for reading.

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How does this athlete support her dreams

As some of you may know I am no longer working. I am dedicating this 2009 year to Archery in hopes of making Top 20 in the USA this year. Most of my support is coming from savings and investments and the tightening of the belt by my boyfriend and I.
Awhile ago I took a trip to Singapore where I fell in love with the local goods. I loved them so much I purchased tons and tons of items in hopes of sharing (selling) them with others in the United States. I dragged my feet getting started and before I knew it my former life as an IT Project Manager took over. Well the day has come for me to post these items online to share with everyone. I'm working to post all my items on eBay in between practice and tournaments, workouts and sleep.
If your interested in helping to support this Archer in her dream of becoming an Olympian please see my eBay items at http://store.auctiva.com/dedacated


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Practice Practice Practice

I've upped my draw weight to 35lbs this weekend. Yeah! Well sort of yeah, its tough stuff. Its going to take a fare amount of additional practice to be strong for my next shoot in New Jersey, May 21st. The nice thing is that I have 3 weeks between tournaments this time, allowing for lots of practice time. I'm down to 2wks and 4 days and I can already see a spec of progress :)
I've upped my workouts to help build strength as well. Below is my schedule

Sunday:
Mid Morning: SPT Strength - stretch band over bow to increase bow weight even more. Draw bow and hold for 20 seconds at anchor/transfer. Repeat 10 times
Noon- Shoot blank bale 48 arrows
Afternoon- Shoot 7oms 96 arrows
Evening- Gym - 40 mins high intensity cardio
A good nights sleep :)

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