You spoke, and I listened. The series, “Your Monday Moment of Zen” in which I splatter together a bunch of links to cool stuff and my own musings on any topic under the sun was far more popular than I’d thought. I’d started them as a weekly thing, then I tried to shift them over… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Portland
An Olympic Weightlifting Peaking Program – Our 4-Week Training Leading Up to the Oregon State Championships
The state championships this year went really well for us. Beth and Amy won their weight classes. Brandon set 2 Jr. State Records (Clean and Jerk and Total, the snatch record was already his, and he matched it). Chris hit life-time PR’s in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk, and Total. Jake hit PR’s so big… Continue Reading
PDX Weightlifter Spotlight: Riley Charlish
(Riley’s the kid with the ball … and the guns.) PDX Weightlifting member, Riley Charlish, helped take his high school Basketball team to the final-four with a stellar performance (among many this season!) that went into double overtime. Riley ended up with 12 points and three 3 pointers. See the game report here, and the… Continue Reading
Tommy Kono Open
My friend, and fellow Portland Oly lifter, Mighty Kat blogs about her time at the Tommy Kono Open and includes the 10 things she learned while there. I particularly like the first: 1. Having tape at a meet is like having cigarettes around smokers. People will come out of the woodwork to bum some. Very… Continue Reading
Here in Portland – We Are Just Plain Smarter
Well, if it wasn’t enough that those of us in Portland already suffer from a superiority complex based on our early adoption of biking, going “green” in nearly every way possible, high per capita college degree holding, and abundunt strip clubs (what?) … It turns out we also read more than everyone else in the… Continue Reading
Everything Blazers
Blazer’s Edge has a massive collection of pre-playoff Blazer links and articles and info from all around the interweb compiled into one place. Like this gem from Henry Abbott: But for Portland’s meaningless Travis Diener-laced special last night, the two teams would have identical records (Suns 17-4, Blazers 16-5) since March 1. Meanwhile, guards who… Continue Reading
Portland Highland Games and the Price of Kilts.
A couple of the guys on my Weightlifting Club and I are planning on competing this coming Saturday in the Portland Highland Games. Should be a rockin’ good time. We’re all Newbies, so I’m planning on looking ridiculous … but what else is new?! I have a new sport kilt to replace my old wool… Continue Reading
