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\"\"<\/a>Thanks to the Maryland Senior Olympics for a hoot of a track meet today.\u00a0 Finished first in my age category – my first win with the discus since 1974 (insert “Geezer Alert” here).\u00a0 Below\u00a0is a film clip of one of my throws.\u00a0 I have forgotten what the joke was that spurred my hearty laughter before I threw.\u00a0 My effort was fairly haphazard.\u00a0 I was winding up and then paused to remove my sun glasses\u00a0 – which had flown off in a previous throw.<\/p>\n

In the photo, I am holding one of the three discuses I was prohibited from throwing – I had never heard that rubber discuses were banned in meets (I used a rubber discus when I threw in the Virginia high school championship meet in 1974).<\/p>\n

For the record, I was also banned from smoking the cigar on the event grounds – but I was expecting that.<\/p>\n

The officials overall did an excellent job (aside from a few @#&*%! rules) and offered comments to assist each thrower.\u00a0 The other competitors were a fine bunch of guys – one of ’em kindly loaned me a discus. It was fun to shoot the bull with them and enjoy a few flashbacks to a time long ago.<\/p>\n

A major difference between throwing discus in high school versus now is that I can\u00a0drink beer legally\u00a0after a meet.<\/p>\n

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Below are a couple still shots from the video of my final throw. I tried wearing a different hat but didn’t seem to help.<\/p>\n

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And here’s a shot from the warmups. As usual, I was a non-contender for any fashion awards.\u00a0 I was wearing a pair of old shoes with a smooth bottom (to ease the spinning).\u00a0 I had doubts about whether the shoes would hang together so I brought a roll of duct tape with me.\u00a0 Happily, the shoes did not bust mid-throw.<\/p>\n

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