by Alea Fairchild | Jun 29, 2014 | Lifting Events
When they announced at the end of last year that the Belgian Masters would be moved from Sept to this date in June, I was not happy for a few reasons. The main reason was that this is my birthday, and to be quite specific, this was my 50th birthday. For me, birthday... by Alea Fairchild | Jun 1, 2014 | Lifting Events
I learned a few valuable lessons this trip. 1. You CAN find a good coach in the parking lot. 😉 2. You can become close friends with people you only see once a year. 3. When driving off at a rest stop exit on the highway, remember to mind the road trash. OK –... by Alea Fairchild | May 23, 2014 | Lifting Events
I competed on Sunday 18 May, lifting at noon with six other women in their early 50s. Yup, I turn 50 in about one month’s time. I won the silver medal in my age/weight category. 🙂 I have waited until I got back from travels to publish this, as it was okay but... by Alea Fairchild | Mar 29, 2014 | Lifting Events
As I write this, the competition is still going on, but I came home early to now go see my new granddaughter. I got there at 10:45 for an 11:30 weigh-in (for the first two plateaus of four in total). The third plateau was just starting a bit before 16:45. I do not... by Alea Fairchild | Feb 16, 2014 | Lifting Events
I knew this would be chaos, as it was the first one of the year and we had 43 athletes lifting. I did not get the mail to me that moved weigh-in up an hour, but since I always arrive early, I did get there in time. But behind quite a queue of semi-naked men —...
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