University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario Open

Photo courtesy of Ian Douglas

Photo courtesy of Ian Douglas
Photo Courtesy of Ian Douglas

Snatch attempts: 70, 74, and 76x. Clean and jerk: 90, 93x and 94x. Total 164kg, 2nd place.

As usual, not happy with my result but some positive out of the competition. Felt strong in the snatch but missed that last attempt. Strong start at 90kg in the clean and jerk. Could not get out of the squat at my 2nd and 3rd attempts. Next try at the December 19th competition in Saint-Hyacinthe.

Kelowna, British Columbia Senior Nationals, Clean and Jerk 89kg

Kelowna, British Columbia Senior Nationals, Clean and Jerk 85kg

Kelowna, British Columbia Senior Nationals, Snatch 72kg

Kelowna, British Columbia Senior Nationals, medal presentation

Kelowna, British Columbia Senior Nationals

What a beautiful place! We took advantage of the trip and visited the area. Okanagan valley is a place I might want to move to some day. It is amazing! My mom and I rented a bug and drove around Friday before competing on the weekend. Here are some pictures of the trip and my comfort place : Starbucks. My brother and his girlfriend came to watch the competition. I think I might have had too much fun before the competition going to the wineries and having nice food. Funny I had no trouble making weight!

I'm back on track

I've had some lows and really didn't feel like posting anything these last few months. But I'm back now. The season started slow but positive notes. Competed in Montreal August 22nd, 09, Northe Bay October 17th, 09 and next one is November 14th, 09 in Mississauga.

I have no pictures for the first competitions since I went to the August one by myself and the North Bay one with François. he was coaching not taking pictures :)

Here are some of those results:

August 22nd in Montreal I didn't write all my results down and so I think I did something like 71 snatch, 84, 88, 90 clean and jerk with a total of 161kg. That was a good start to the season considering I cut a lot of weight for that meet. I let myself go a little over the summer.

Ray Hamilton Classic in North Bay: Snatch attempts 68, 72x, 73, clean and jerk attempts 85,89x,91x. Total 158kg in the 63kg category, this was positive in a way as training had not gone well lately. Negative because that was not attaining the goals I had set out for that competition and not the weight category I was planning for. Gotta work harder and get my life in order.

Now I'm getting myself ready for Ontario Open and the rest of the season. I will try to keep you all informed in a timely manner. My focus is starting to stabilize and my life is more stable now.

Thanks for the support so far! Please keep visiting my blog. And I really love having comments. It shows me that some people care. It's a lonely sport and it helps to see that I have support even if it's only a few words.

Izzy

Winterlift, Toronto, February 14th, 2009

Photo taken by Ian Douglas

That's right I had a date this year: with the platform ;)

So this meet went a little better. At least it was warmer than the last meet. My toes were nice and toasty. Totalled 164kg which ties my best total, if I remember correctly. I snatched 72kg, 77kg and then missed 80kg. That was my first time ever attempting 80kg and it was pretty close. I was satisfied with that.

Then on to my clean and jerk. The warm up went very well, my jerk is finally shaping up. Opened with 87kg, then missed cleaning 92kg twice. I will be modifying my clean technic after discussing with coaches and friends. I think if I could have cleaned that weight I could have jerked it that day. I felt strong!

Oh well next time. These results qualified me for Provincials March 28th in Toronto, Variety Village and for Nationals in Kelowna, B.C., May 16-17th. So we'll see then what may come of this mental game that I 've been working on :)

87kg Clean and Jerk December 20th, 2008