Mar. 30th, 2008

underdog

Mar. 30th, 2008 08:17 pm
anotheranon: (fencingchart)
This past weekend was the two day Big Regional Event.

I learned a lot, primarily that a lot of my best preparation takes place off the strip: getting enough sleep, enough food, and enough water. In most of my past competitions I was lacking in at least one of these, but I think I'm starting to get the balance right.

Also, interestingly, this was the first competition in which I was mostly calm - I did all my "ZOMG I'm in over my head!!!" freaking out earlier in the week :P Part of that was fueling but part of it was also getting there early enough to get used to the constant noise and motion generated by a room full of fencers.

women's open )

So, Sunday rolls around and I'm seeded dead last in the mixed open - 110 out of 110. Which I expected, and was cool - nowhere to go but up. Incredibly, I did, and more than I expected:

mixed open )

Aftermath: I'm deeply tired and the "comedown" is something like my old post-rave coming-back-to-reality/normal pulse rate etc. Interestingly I'm not too sore (yet?) and only got one hit that might turn into a bruise. My feet got a little tingly towards the end, so I'm resting tomorrow night.

Not bad. Not bad.

Aftermath:

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