Saturday, February 5, 2011
Linz, Austria to Landau, Germany
The start of the meeting in Linz was not looking good. I didnt finish a jump all of warmups, couldnt really figure out what was going on but it wasnt good. I knew that once the bar went up things should be better. I started at 5.25/17' just to make a bar easily, well it took me all 3 tries to make it easily! Talk about some unneeded stress! But on my third jump i was feelign much more confident on the runway, my last 2 steps were much more crisp and i decided to pass to 5.45/17'9". Came down first time and made the bar, thats a little better! 5.55/18'2 was next, came down, same run same takeoff, first attempt make! Now i was on the smallest pole in my bag which i usually only warm-up on, but whatever tool is needed to get the job done is the right one. We went up to 5.65/18'6" and now there were only 2 of us left, myself and Fabio Gomez deSilva from Brazil, my first two tries were very close but i couldnt keep the bar up. Fabio came down on his last attempt and had a great jump and made it to win the comp. I was actually pretty happy with the way things turned out since they had started so badly.
Here is my 5.55m make.
After the meet I was motioned over to someone who asked if I wanted to travel with them and jump in a little German town called Landau. Now I had no plans for 9 days until going to Donetsk so i was more than happy to go with him and get in another meet. The next day we left at 7am and drove for 7 hours to Landau, Germany for a meet today. For those of you who have seen the new NeoVault movie, this meet in Landau is put on by the same director as the meet in Jockgrim, Germany. In NeoVault that is where Derek Miles jumps 5.81m/19'1". The meet director's name is Jochen and he is a super guy! I have been staying with a German family who has been so gracious and hospitable, this morning for breakfast the table was filled with so many different choices, I cant thank them enough!
The meet today is at 4pm or 10am eastern time. It is held in a small gym and they told me the ceilings are 7m high, which is about 23ft. I told them it wont be a problem until i am attempting 6m haha. It should be a lot of fun, i hope to get some great video to post here later tonight or tomorrow.
Always Pursuing -Mark-
Here is my 5.55m make.
After the meet I was motioned over to someone who asked if I wanted to travel with them and jump in a little German town called Landau. Now I had no plans for 9 days until going to Donetsk so i was more than happy to go with him and get in another meet. The next day we left at 7am and drove for 7 hours to Landau, Germany for a meet today. For those of you who have seen the new NeoVault movie, this meet in Landau is put on by the same director as the meet in Jockgrim, Germany. In NeoVault that is where Derek Miles jumps 5.81m/19'1". The meet director's name is Jochen and he is a super guy! I have been staying with a German family who has been so gracious and hospitable, this morning for breakfast the table was filled with so many different choices, I cant thank them enough!
The meet today is at 4pm or 10am eastern time. It is held in a small gym and they told me the ceilings are 7m high, which is about 23ft. I told them it wont be a problem until i am attempting 6m haha. It should be a lot of fun, i hope to get some great video to post here later tonight or tomorrow.
Always Pursuing -Mark-
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Good Morning USA!!!
Well after an 8 hour flight to Germany, a 2 hour flight to Vienna, and a 2 hour van ride to Linz I made it! Its good to be here, theres always a lot of stress that goes into getting here, making sure the poles make it, did i pack everything, and so on. Its the morning of my first meet here in Linz, I am staying in this dorm like hotel, its not a 5 star place but Ive had worse. I have 2 roommates, Richard Hurren from the UK and his training partner Andy. Ive competed with Rich a few times so it was good to see him again. Im excited for the comp tonight, Fabian Gomez from Brazil is here (18'10), Kostas Filipidas from Greece (18'10), and about 7 or 8 other guys, so its shaping up to be a pretty good competition. I surprisingly slept well the last 2 nights, i usually have trouble the second night but i fell right asleep and slept through most of the night. THats all im gonna write for now, gotta grab some lunch, and get ready to go, I vault at 7pm this time which is 1pm eastern time, I will try to get on facebook after and update here as well. Wish me luck!
Always Pursuing -Mark-
Always Pursuing -Mark-
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