It took me a while to post this, as coming back directly to a very full week at work. But the Danish Federation did a great job for us, and all we needed was there for use. I did well in Austria in July, and then I trained in August, but not as much as…

This was a well-organised and enjoyable Saturday at a lake resort, with international Master lifters and a group of under 17 (U17) getting together for a friendly competition.  Many thanks to the organiser, Gerhard Peya, who puts on a good event with proper equipment, good refereeing and a good atmosphere for all.  I won my…

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 number 50…

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 – I…

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 a bit…

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 know what…

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…

For Women and Cadets, there is no minima for the national (senior) championships.   So I went to compete during my ‘lifting vacation’ period, weighed what I weighed, lifted what I lifted.   And since Anna took a similar methodology and moved up, I was alone in my category of -75kg, and therefore became Belgian senior champ…

Back from a comp day in Enghien, home club of our federation’s general secretary and generally a well run competition.  Only two women today in the GP Adry, and the other had a very successful comp, so I was happy to come second to her.  And of course, I am the Belgian Womens Masters champ, …