http://arethathrows.com Personal website of Aretha Hill Thurmond, two time Olympian and world class discuss thrower Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:02:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Washington Olympians were honored last night at the Mariners game with a first pitch ceremony.  There eight of us from different sports track and field, rowing and soccer.  As we were each introduced they had  cool videos playing on the jumbo tron.  They had 4 of us throw simultaneously and ... http://arethathrows.com/2008/09/24/mariners-first-pitch-ceremony/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM5VpuJ6HQw[/youtube] http://arethathrows.com/2008/09/23/beijing-city-park-workout-video/      The DecaNations meet was in Paris, France on September 6th 2008.  It's run like a decathlon except we compete in our individual events for a team score.  I finished in 2nd in the women's discus and we had a great field which included the Olympic Champion.  Team USA won ... http://arethathrows.com/2008/09/23/decanations-in-paris-france/ http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/stevekelley/2008/08/aretha_thurmond_my_favorite_at.html http://arethathrows.com/2008/08/20/aretha-thurmond-my-favorite-athlete-in-seattle-or-at-least-very-close-to-it/ http://www.toomerscoffeecommunity.com/2008/08/12/interview-with-three-time-olympian-aretha-thurmond/ http://arethathrows.com/2008/08/16/podcast-interview-with-three-time-olympian-aretha-thurmond/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics/2008117620_olythurmond16.html http://arethathrows.com/2008/08/16/washington-discus-thrower-aretha-thurmond-qualifies-for-olympic-final/ I felt very prepared for last nights qualifying round of the women's discus.  I was in the B group with 19 throwers in each flight.  My warm up throws were pretty nice and relaxed.  I was pretty excited on my 1st throw and I got a little anxious with the ... http://arethathrows.com/2008/08/16/qualifying-round-of-the-womens-discus/ One of the best things about competing in a summer sport and having a summer birthday is I get to celebrate around the world.  With a 14 hour timezone difference I was able to celebrate for 2 days.  While it was August 14th Beijing it was still August 13th back ... http://arethathrows.com/2008/08/15/happy-birthday-in-beijing/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9llwiKECKU[/youtube] http://arethathrows.com/2008/08/15/happy-birthday-song-in-beijing/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFbTlE7WL8[/youtube] http://arethathrows.com/2008/08/07/ping-pong-battles-continue/