by Alea Fairchild | Sep 29, 2012 | Lifting Events, Uncategorized
OK, the last couple of years we have done both league championships together, due to lack of resources and numbers. Today, we had roughly a total of 21 athletes, give or take, as I have not seen the final papers yet. One guest from Germany (hi, Susanne!) did very... by Alea Fairchild | Sep 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Just back, won the silver for my category, had an accident at the end of my warm-up where I slipped with the bar at 35kg slamming into my left shin at speed. This was just two minutes before I started my first snatch attempt, so I give many thanks to the IWF medical... by Alea Fairchild | Jul 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is also an International Men’s Masters, with 21 Masters men and 7 women of various ages (ladies are shown below) from a whole host of countries, including 22 year old Thithuy Nguyen from the Vietnamese Olympic team, as she is training now in France prior to the... by Alea Fairchild | Jun 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
First of all, this was one of the most expensive trips I have taken for lifting, because of the logistics, being away from the office and technology, and other issues like trains and hotels to get to airplanes, to get to more trains, etc. My result was what I wanted,... by Alea Fairchild | May 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
The last interclub of the national season is the end of the first half of the lifting year, except for those of us lifting in the European Masters in two weeks in Azerbaijan . The second half in the Fall is regional, national and worlds. It was a hard work week with... by Alea Fairchild | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Went to the US for a business trip, great weather of 20c / 68F, and via good friends at USAW, hooked up with the folks at Catalyst Athletics (thanks to Greg, Aimee, Steve and the whole team) for some training between business meetings. Ran into my Masters...
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