I thought we had a pretty good speed warm up session on Friday for Rio, but perceptions can mislead.
That gunslinger from Alamosa won the marble match hitting better than 90% at mid three speed shooting a borrowed rig and gun. I heard he offered big dollars for the rig and gun, but only left with some parts to duplicate the gun. At Rio, he did reasonable well shooting the same rig and gun until he ran into the system in the shoot offs.
That crippled lady from Buckeye showed great determination making steady progress. She has shown some speed recently and Friday she hit a legitimate .340. If she will learn the system, she will be unbeatable when the boot comes off in 4 weeks. Not to rile up the daughter, but she better stop wasting all that wax or she will be the slow one in the family. The daughter did put me out of the shoot offs at Rio, might have been pay back from treating her beau so summarily.
I thought I had a good warm up Friday, but it turned out to just be foolish folly. After Alamosa collected his loot I tried the Rodeo/Thirsty technique and shot a few WR times. It made me hopeful. Grailfever is a dreadful disease. At Rio, I missed my first 16 shots, losing two matches and only getting an over time win in the third. I then reverted to the system and shot pretty well until the final match of the main match when grailfever struck again.
I must mention that No Name won the event going clean in the main match. Great shooting pardner! He was beaten in the shoot offs, but at Rio shoot offs don't count. First place in the points is the winner!
Lesson for me is to go back to the bucket. Shoot the system. When I shoot the system, I am pretty tough, when I chase the grail, I am just another flash in the pan.
