Bringing up the rear

It's been a couple of days since my last stack session as I reflect on what has been just over a months worth of speed training. I've put the last two sessions together in this blog, because I'm busy with work and didn't have time to focus on them individually.

And, whilst neither really offered the level of performance I've become accustomed to, I do think that the performance in these sessions broadly speaks to something close to the speed I'm currently gaming, rather than my outright max.

It is altogether frustrating that I didn't break the 100mph barrier come the end of the program too but that just means I have a very achievable short term goal as I move into the next stage of my speed training, which we'll see what I'm given once I complete the progress check.

Now, whilst I've been able to keep my grit score high during the foundation program, my next issue comes with the progress check, as it's asking me to complete that today (two days after my final foundation session).

However, due to work commitments this won't happen until the 26th which might not be such a bad thing, as I played a lot of golf last week and my body is still recovering. This is almost certainly the reason why I was slow in the last two stack sessions too but you can't dwell on it, I still put the work in..

As part of an update on my on course progress, I'm continuing to see the fruits of the speed training labour and whilst my driving distances aren't yet going to trouble any of the really long hitters, even at our course, I've definitely nudged the needle. This has come with a side effect I hadn't really considered, which is that I'm having to rethink target lines, as I'm finding myself in very different positions on the course, even if my accuracy is also improving as a consequence of the added speed.

As you can see from my last two score cards I'm now starting to creep into the sub 80's on a regular basis, not only due to the extra distance I have in reserve but also because I've been continuing my work on both my mental and strategic game. This is being helped no end by the fact that I have access to DECADE, I'll cover this in its own post soon, as I want to give it the attention it deserves but it's fair to say I'm seeing things through a slightly different lens now.

I also have another handicap update, as whilst the last time I think I posted about this I'd been dropped to 13.0 I have posted a few more cards since, which dropped me to 12.6, 12.0 and now 11.9.

This is mega progress seeing as I started the year at 14.6 and we haven't even closed out the second month!

There's much more to come though!

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