I just got back from Georgia, and no I was not there for the tax sales.

Remember the tax sales in Georgia are on the first Tuesday of each month (in the larger counties. The smaller counties might not have a tax sale every month). I was in Georgia with my youngest son Nicholas to coach him in his first national weightlifting contest, USA Weightlifing’s National Schoolage Championships. Nicholas did a great job, making all 3 of his snatches and all 3 clean & jerks. He snatched 66kg (145.2 lbs) and clean & jerked 87kg (191 lbs) for a total of 153 kg (366 lbs). He placed 7th in the 16-17 age group and the 69 kg (151 lb) class, weighing 66.6 kg (146.5 lbs). He did great considering he’s only been lifting for a few months and for most of that time he couldn’t practice very much due to the fact that he was a varsity wrestler and varsity track athlete at school.

For those of you who have never seen olympic-style weightlifting before, I thought that you might enjoy this video of his?87kg?clean & jerk.

Notice the smiley face that he drew with chalk on his singlet before he went out to do his last lift.

That’s my Nick, he’s quite a character!