Tuesday 10th May 2011

@ SOPA

Bright, very cold, stiff constant breeze

24x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm unscored

Total 144

One of the things I have noticed, especially today, is that with the Carbon Blades setup, I can't tell how windy it is if there are no wind flags on the target.  The wind today was out there, but being in my jacket, no flag, and the blades, I couldn't really gauge the wind well.  The winds were gusting sufficiently to be pushing my groups from the gold into the blue constantly.  In brief lulls of wind, my sight settings did group where they should have, and at times I had very tight vertical lines of groups, all to the left of center.

I was actually shooting okay in terms of group size when I was able to push my concentration, but at other times had terrible scatter.  The feedback though from shooting with cold fingers, a cold face, and having a jacket sleeve on (compared to not having a jacket on my bowarm) probably made me feel like I was shooting worse, and so fed back and turned into me shooting worse.  While 144 arrows isn't a lot, I shot them straight through without a break, and so am feeling the muscle tension quite a bit right now, and my right shoulder is tender, in its usual spot.