Today I competed in "the Jody" weightlifting competition at The Miller gym
in Santa Fe NM. This was my third weightlifting competition. My previous one was
in July. Since the weightlifting tournament in July I've been struggling. My
technical lifts hadn't gone up at all. Today I felt sure I wasn't going to be
able to lift as much as I had at the last meet, which was a 76k snatch, 100k
clean and jerk, a 176k total. My coach Shane Miller gave me a great motivational
talk before my third and final snatch attempt. He told me to attempt a 79k
snatch. 79k was higher than anything I'd accomplished in training, and MUCH
greater than I felt I could make today. But if there's one thing I've learned in
almost a year of Olympic weightlifting is ALWAYS trust Shane Miller. Shane is ALWAYS
right. I nailed the 79k snatch which was a PR! After that I felt strong
and confident and went 3 for 3 on my clean and jerks setting a lifetime personal
best of 103k!
My next competition will be in January. If all continues to progress as it
has been under Shane's tutelage I'll break the105k+ 40-44 age group New Mexico
state record by over 100lbs.
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So exciting!
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