By Michael Gargiulo
Hey I’m writing this as I head into today to shoot my team 4 NY Olympic challenge:
I think I can safely say I’m the only person on my Metro-North train heading into Grand Central today who will be pole vaulting, hurdling, and high jumping three hours from now.
Well, the day is finally here for me to try my own Team 4 NY Olympic challenge and I must say I’m excited and a little intimidated….
Question one! Am I going to be able to clear those 36 inch high hurdles? You may have seen the video of me practicing by jumping over my daughter’s see-saw ( 1 ft high)…..I don’t think I cleared it by 24 inches!
The high jump I’m not too worried about since the worst I could do is just hit the bar and flop on the mat…….now the pole vault is a different matter.
I’ve been watching video of athlethes pole vaulting and I’ve been suprised to see that they go over the bar FEET FIRST!!!!! That’s going to take some practice.
One final note: I didn’t make too much headway getting down to my weight target of 173 lbs…..maybe it was my late lunch at the new restaurant in my neighborhood that specializes in jambalaya but I clocked in this morning at 180…..so all I can say is I hope the mats I’ll be landing on will be nice and fluffy!
