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Don't you have the dates mixed up. The proposed schedule shows the PL meet in June and the WL meet in July.

TNT

Don't you have the dates mixed up. The proposed schedule shows the PL meet in June and the WL meet in July.

TNT

That was the first proposal yes. But if you scroll down that thread you'll see that the two meets were switched in the final version in November 2008. The schedule was then posted on the meets page which is the authoritative list of events.

Hope this doesn't mix things up on your end. 

Don't you have the dates mixed up. The proposed schedule shows the PL meet in June and the WL meet in July.

TNT

That was the first proposal yes. But if you scroll down that thread you'll see that the two meets were switched in the final version in November 2008. The schedule was then posted on the meets page which is the authoritative list of events.

Hope this doesn't mix things up on your end. 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......yup it does. My error. We were preparing for a PL meet.
 
Several of the girls hit Personal Bests on Monday and now we're beginning the taper leading up to June 26-28. This will probably be their last lifting training block before the fall rowing season so they will just go for team bragging rights that weekend.

TNT

TNT

Now that's what I call an unfortunate mix-up. 

In practice, the two meets are still only two weeks apart so from a physical standpoint the girls should be able to stay in PR shape with very little training, even if you finish the peaking according to schedule. This would actually be a pretty good exercise in itself as staying sharp over a few meets close to one another is part of the competitive game for many lifters. But of course, if this messes up the rowing schedule it's naturally a no-go. Just a thought.

Ok, the final line-up has now been posted. All participants should have received the usual e-mail with the upload details (if not, e-mail me at kris@virtualmeet.net ASAP). We are still missing judges, as usual we should be clear on that front too come meet time.

Have a great one everyone!

PS. Jeff: planning on lifting outdoors again?

Weather permitting...  There hasn't been a day here in the last week that we haven't had thundershowers but right now the forecast looks promising.

I'll have to talk to my meet director (wife) about locations, I'm hoping to setup somewhere with Boivin creek in the background.  Preferably somewhere I don't have to drag the weights too far.


Small turn out for this meet.  This really seems like a busy weekend, I had a couple friends bail because of other events going on.  Hopefully next time I'll get 'em out.

At least the judging won't take long. I'm going to try lifting in my garden if it doesn't rain.

Also, I can only come first, second or third!

We will soon need to make an "outdoor lifter" badge or something that those who like dragging their iron outside for virtualmeets could add to their lifter profile. Once you try outdoor meets, there's no going inside again... unless it's winter or rains really hard. 

That said, it's unfortunate that setting up a powerlifting meet outside is not as easy as a weightlifting one.

Anyway, good news! Ramon again volunteered to judge. Thanks a lot for your continued support. Still looking for two more judges, but so far so great.

All I need to do now is find a level spot, they're few and far between as I live on a hill!

Lifting outdoors is great, I save so much energy each workout dumping the bar rather than being forced to lower it carefully. Last time I put myself out of action for 3 weeks trying to lower a failed jerk.

What happens if there's not enough judges?

What happens if there's not enough judges?

To date that has never happened. But should we not have enough judges come judging time then the judging will simply wait until we do. The worst case scenario is that the meet gets delayed a bit, but we are not in the business of canceling meets.

Getting all judge slots filled before the meet sign-up deadline is still a rarity, but fortunately we have a pool of nice people who tend to say yes when asked kindly.

Well, meet should hopefully be uploaded, unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate and I was forced to stay indoors.

edit: won't discuss till judging is complete...

Did my lifts just before a massive storm. There was a thunderclap before one of my snatches I think. Wanted to time thunder, lightning and a new PR simultaneously!

Three lifters are now successfully uploaded. Seems like this was a pretty rainy weekend in both Europe and North America... we had some intermittent showers here as well. Let's hope for good weather for the upcoming powerlifting meet as those of us lifting at the gathering won't have an indoor option.

Another update in a day or two regarding the release timetable for this meet. I should know a lot more about judges etc. then.

Judge update: Jamie Jamieson and Brent Kim have stepped in as judges. This is the third time they are coming to the rescue, thanks guys!