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3rd Place!

I got 3rd!  Ha!  I knew I was one of six athletes in my age/weight class, and figured I'd get a participation medal, but there was no participation medal.  There was a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place medal and I got 3rd!!  The lifter who got 1st happens to be a mother as well - her kiddos were there and one of them was probably around 18 months or so.  It was so awesome to stand on the podium with her after I watched her corral her baby from eating another bag of homemade cookies.  (They had homemade food for lunch for CHEAP.  Pulled pork and homegrown tomatoes...and homemade cookies..yes please.)  

I ended up lifting 40kg, 41kg, and 43kg on the snatch.  And green lighted all three.  Actually, it was a a stick and they lifted the white end.  I lifted 47kg, 47kg and 49kg in the clean and jerk.  I red lighted the first lift (red end of the stick.)  I pressed out with my left elbow, which has been a common theme in my lifting. Scott has repeatedly told me to just stick it.  I need to punch the sky.  I'm always searching for little phrases to say in my mind to nail that shit.  I always just tell myself to just lift it and not thinking about it works out the best for me.  But every lift up until that lift is thought about.  It's kinda like when I was in college and had to do oboe juries.  You play a solo piece in front of the entire woodwind faculty.  I usually got around a B+.  Sometimes an A.  So I guess this is like the same thing.  I'll get there.  It's a process.  I'm thankful to Cynthia for contiually reminding me of that. 

In the meantime, I'll be damn proud that I put up a 95lb snatch and an 108lb clean and jerk.  

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