Last weekend there was an Olympic Weightlifting meet in Phoenix, and we had four athletes from CrossFit Huachuca competing. Even though I wasn’t competing, I wanted to go and support them and see what a meet was like. Jason decided to go with me so that I did not have to drive up and back by myself. Plus, Larry Correia (one of Dad and my favorite authors) had been in Phoenix for a book signing the week before, and went to some of the bookstores and signed the books that were on the shelves. So in addition to the weightlifting meet, we were also going treasure hunting!
Our first stop was one of the bookstores that Larry Correia had signed books at, and there were still autographed copies there! We bought a few.
After our first bookstore stop, we headed to the weightlifting meet. The women lifted first. It was Steph’s first meet, and she did amazing. This was the second meet for Emily and Liz, and they both hit meet PR’s (Personal Records)! Plus all of them placed in their divisions. It was very different from a CrossFit competition, much quieter. But when people made big lifts, there was lots of applause!
There was a break between the women lifting and the men lifting, so we left once all my friends had lifted and went to our second bookstore of the day. We really wanted to find a hardcover signed book for Dad, and there hadn’t been any at the previous store. We looked on the shelves and didn’t see any, but an employee asked us if we were finding everything ok, so we asked if they had any hardcovers by Larry Correia. They looked it up in their system and said, “Oh yeah, he was just in here signing books!” They had two copies of his newest book on a display stand separate from his other books. We got both of them.
We got back to the meet after the men had started their first lift, so we missed Trevor’s first lift, but were there for the second. He also hit a meet (and overall) PR, and placed in his division.
Overall, it was a ton of fun to watch everyone. And who knows, maybe I’ll be doing a few of these in the future! (Not sure on that yet, I still really, really like the CrossFit competitions!)
We then all headed to an outlet mall, then to dinner together. Then we parted ways and headed home. I was hoping to make it home without any caffeine, but that turned out to not be possible. So Jason found the nearest Starbucks using my phone, and it happened to be at an outlet mall in Tucson. We stopped, got me caffeine, and then shopped for cleats for him. He got a nice pair for cheap as they were having a sale, so he was very happy.
We made it home safe and sound, and had a great time!
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