http://www.mbingisser.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/03/best-track-blogs/ http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/03/best-track-blogs/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:22:50 +0000 Martin http://www.mbingisser.com/?p=1755 http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/03/best-track-blogs/feed/ 0 http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/03/the-mental-game/ http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/03/the-mental-game/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:55:24 +0000 Martin http://www.mbingisser.com/?p=1737 http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/03/the-mental-game/feed/ 2 http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/kamloops-2010-world-masters-championships/ http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/kamloops-2010-world-masters-championships/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:00:28 +0000 Martin http://www.mbingisser.com/?p=1691 This week, Kamloops will be the host of the 2010 World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships.  Kamloops is often the host of sporting events and is even known as the Tournament Capital of Canada.  With thousands of athletes coming from across the globe, this will be one the largest events the city has ever hosted.  The whole town is behind the event and it should be a great success. Like many in this sport, I am forever in debt to masters athletes.  Specifically, I am in debt to Ken Weinbel of the Seattle Masters Track Club.  His efforts built the only hammer cage in Seattle and he also let me borrow equipment and provided feedback when I first started out in the event.  I still enjoy training there when I'm in town, and always get motivated when 97-year-old Leon Joslin shows up to take some throws. Leon played high school football with Gerald Ford and ran track with Jesse Owens at Ohio State.  Rather than playing bridge, he throws the discus for fun and I get to throw alongside him.]]> http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/kamloops-2010-world-masters-championships/feed/ 4 http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/a-new-job/ http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/a-new-job/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:36:36 +0000 Martin http://www.mbingisser.com/?p=1681 Earlier this month I announced that I left my job at Univar Inc. I enjoyed the work, the people, and the flexibility, but the job required me to be in Seattle. As a result, I had to leave my coach any time I wanted a paycheck. This was not conducive to throwing far. With a lot on the line this year, I decided to leave the job and spend more time with my coach. There are three things I look for in a job: (1) flexibility; (2) a valuable experience; and (3) the amount of time I'll be able to spend with my coach. My job at Univar had two of those three elements. Today, I accepted a position that will give me all three elements. Starting in May, I will be working at UBS in Zurich.]]> http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/a-new-job/feed/ 2 http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/iaaf-annouces-schedule-for-hammer-challenge/ http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/iaaf-annouces-schedule-for-hammer-challenge/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:58:22 +0000 Martin http://www.mbingisser.com/?p=1667 As I've blogged about before, the hammer throw will be the one discipline excluded from the IAAF's new Diamond League circuit.  Last November, the IAAF announced that it would instead create a Hammer Throw Challenge series.  Today, more details were release, including the schedule and prize money structure of the new series. The Good On the plus side, hammer throwers should be thankful that there even is a Hammer Throw Challenge.  Momentum has been pushing the hammer throw outside of the stadium over the past decade.  The Hammer Throw Challenge assures hammer throwers a spot in track and field, even if it is not on the world's biggest stage. The new Challenge will consist of eleven meetings.  Three of the meetings  will host both the men's and women's hammer throw.  The remaining eight meetings will host either the men's or women's hammer, giving each gender seven total competitions.  The complete schedule is as follows...]]> http://www.mbingisser.com/2010/02/iaaf-annouces-schedule-for-hammer-challenge/feed/ 2