Toronto Winterlift 2011
February 9, 2011
This past weekend I traveled to Toronto as the only Capital Weightlifting Club member to participate in the Toronto Winterlift weightlifting meet. This was a drug tested meet, which meant that I could qualify for Nationals if I made the required total of 190kg for the 62kg class.
The morning of the meet I got off to a great start as I for some reason had assumed that the meet would be at a different school that I had lifted at twice before. Well, I arrived at the school in time for my weigh-in just before 7:30am. However, the parking lot was pretty much empty and the doors were locked! Luckily I was able to pull up the competition entry form on my iPhone, which had the correct address on it. I then plugged the address into my GPS app and took off down the street!
Well, I arrived at the proper school for weigh in at around 8am, so only a little bit late. I weighed in at 61.4kg, then had something to drink, as well as some food, and tried to relax until the lifting started. Warm up went well and I made my opening snatch at 79 easily. Next I was able to make 83 and decided to jump up to 87 for my last attempt. I got it up ok, but caught it a little behind me and missed it. I didn’t time my clean and jerk warm-up as well, and I missed my opener at 102. I then made 102 on my second attempt. However, right after I made 102, my quads locked up on me and started cramping terribly. I was left with an attempt at 107 to make the National total while desperately trying to get my legs to ease up in the time I had between attempts. A little flustered, I took to the platform not quite as relaxed or focused as I should have been. I cleaned the weight and stood up with a bit of a grunt. I dipped for the jerk and felt it slip forward and that was the end of it.
On the positive side, my total was easily enough to qualify for Provincials as I hadn’t actually lifted at 62kg yet this season. This will give me another shot at making the National total at the end of March in Mississauga. I know I’ve got it in me, I just have to do it in competition. Also, I’ll make sure to double check the address this time and maybe eat a banana to avoid the cramping!
BW: 61.4kg
SN: 79, 83, 87x
CJ: 102x, 102, 107x
Total: 185 (1kg less than last week!)
Sinclair: 267.74 (slightly better than last week!)
