If any of you follow Oregon track and field, you no doubt heard about javelin thrower Cyrus Hostetler’s monster throw at the Pepsi Invitational. (It was 271’10” – first all-time in the Pac-10, fourth all-time in the NCAA and an A” standard mark for 2009 IAAF World Championships, not to mention the leading throw in the world so far this year.)

But have you ever wondered what the athletes think of their performances – the ecstasy of victory, agony of defeat, etc? Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, now you can. Here’s part of Hostetler’s account of his throw, from his personal blog (where he goes by “King Cyrus,” natch):

I started my approach and pulled back, did my sideways cross over steps and hit the block leg. my hips cranked thru and my shoulder pressed forward, but my arm was still reached back and had not pulled thru, then at the last second my arm shot thru the point of the javelin, it was like I didn’t even use my arm, it just followed thru. I screamed and shouted. The throw had a low angle but it just didn’t seem to want to come down. I knew it was a big throw. I was thinking that I wanted to start to yell again, lots of throwers yell at their throws while they are in the air, but I normally just think those guys are dumb, and I didn’t want to be one of those guys. Lol. But I was just thinking “don’t scratch this throw!” I made sure the javelin landed before I walked off, and I was thinking “don’t trip” because rules say u  have to exit the runway in control, so hopping off, skipping, falling, tripping out of the runway is a scratch. I exited the ring and I was pumped.

LOL indeed, sir.

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