Wellington Swim-Run

The Wellington Swim-Run event is less than a week out and it is time to put on the final touches to my preparation.  Everything has been going well, but I did get spooked by the most recent event update.

You can expect the water to be around 60-65 degrees Fahrenheit. Please be a responsible swimmer. If you are not comfortable in cold water environments, we strongly recommend that you do some cold training beforehand (cold baths, etc.).  If you plan to wear a wetsuit, be sure you are comfortable swimming in it and can breathe easily.  The lake is at 8,000 feet in elevation.  You will not be able to swim as fast as you can in Denver or work as hard without losing your breath.  For your own safety, do not wear a wetsuit that is too tight around your chest.

I train at 5,700 feet in water that is between 70-75 degrees.  Lately, I have been swimming without a wetsuit.  Given the update, I put on my shorty wetsuit and to my relief it was not tight around the chest.  The altitude is trickier to determine.  Worst case scenario, in a panic I would just hold onto my buoy, calm down and make my way to the nearest shore which would never be over 50 yards away.  Running at 8,000 feet is no joke, but looking at the course, it is pretty flat with about 100 feet of elevation gain and then 100 feet loss to get back to the swim entry.

Race Kit

• Tri Shorts
• Running Shoes
• Goggles
• Orca Wetsuit
• Paddles
• Buoy
• Swim Cap
• Swim Gloves
• Ear Plugs

Just in case, I will carry swim socks, warm weather cap and a spare pair of shoes, tri shorts, goggles and swim cap.  I will also keep some medications and nutrition at the start finish line.

There is a 2 hour cutoff which should not be an issue.  With reasonable pacing, I should finish in 1 hour 50 minutes.  I will have a much better idea after lap 1

• Swim 1 - 18 min
• Run 1 - 16 min (0:34 cumulative)
• Swim 2 - 18 min
• Run 2 - 18 min (1:10 cumulative)
• Swim 3 - 20 min
• Run 3 - 20 min (1:50 cumulative)

2024 (Year 1) - 11 starters, 10 finishers, winner 44 minutes; last finisher 1:15

2025 (Year 2) - 16 starters, 13 finishers, winner 52 minutes; last finisher 1:24

Interestingly, none of the 2024 starters returned for 2025.  We will see what 2026 holds.

Safety first and depending on weather and water conditions.  If lap 1 is over 34 minutes, I will try to keep pace.  If lap 2 is over 1:20, I will be at risk for a DNF.  I will still start lap 3 and just note my location at the cutoff.

Race day start will be 5 AM to arrive by 6:15 AM and hopefully be at start line by 7 AM for the 8 AM start.

Time Cutoff is 10 AM, awards 10:15 AM, home by noonish?

Roman Chairs!

Jubinville Roman Chair

ROC MO Roman Chair / Back Extension

Iron Man Roman Chair

It has been a while since I have posted on Roman Chairs and I am still excited to use the one that I found locally.  However, somehow, I have come across three new designs that I wanted to archive pictures of.

Jubinville - Simple clean design with small foot print

ROC MO - This is a thing of beauty and the icing on the cake is manufacture in Denver, Colorado

Iron Man - Looks very similar to Bruce Lee's Roman chair and certainly emphasizes a minimalist design

When I get around to learning to weld, I think I would make one in this style with a rectangular frame.  Padded wood planks for foot engagement and butt rest.

Original Post

Buff Dudes

Strength Shop 53 KG Dumbbell

Single mold. 60mm diameter steel handles with cast iron globes. There are not many manufacturers of this style of circus dumbbell in the US. This was purchased from the UK but they no longer ship here. This is 117 LBs

Being offered for $200 near Cherry Creek Country Club, 30 minutes from the house.  If I were not downsizing, I would be all over this.

IAWA World Postal / USAWA Q3 Postal

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Garage Gym

1830

Warm Up

Reverse Hyper

Crossover Symmetry

Hip Hammy Flow

IAWA World Postal

Snatch, From Hang - 95, 105, 110 - establishes record

Pullover & Push - 125, 140 - record is 270

Clean & Press, Behind Neck - 95, 105, 115 - establishes record

Deadlift, Ciavattone Grip - 315, 325, 335 beats J Vernacchio record of 320 (set in 1995)

USAWA Q3 Postal

Snatch, From Hang - 95, 105, 110 - establishes record

Pullover & Push - 125, 140 - record is 270

Deadlift - Dumbbell, One Arm (Left) - 171, 191 - beats D Vandermark Record of 176

Conversion to KG

Body Weight - 205.9 pounds (93.4)

Snatch, From Hang - 110 - 49.9 kg

Pullover & Push - 140 - 63.5 kg

Clean & Press, Behind Neck - 115 - 52.2 kg

Deadlift, Ciavattone Grip - 335 - 152 kg

Gym Scaledown

I am scaling down the gym.

At the peak - 

$16,291 - Basic, CrossFit, Cardio, Strongman, Misc (7,150 pounds)

• $6,373 Basic
• $1,770 CrossFit
• $2,690 Cardio
• $1,485 Strongman
• $4,948 (Storage, DC Blocks, OKE, Reverse Hyper, Timer, etc)

$3,710 - Vintage (3,080 pounds)

$5,422 - Grip (plus, $1,100 in tools for sale; 150 pounds?)

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$25,273 TOTAL

I created a list of stuff to sell (7,500 pounds) and stuff to keep (4,000 pounds)

Mostly getting rid of weight plates (keep 1,200 pounds; sell 3,400 pounds)

Reducing Barbells (keep 6, sell 15)

Reducing Dumbbells (keep York 1-50, Globes, sell Iron Grip and Hex)

Reducing CrossFit (keep basics)

Reducing Strongman (get rid of everything except sandbags)

Keeping all of the grip stuff for now

Keeping all of the Concept 2 equipment

UPDATE - 8/18/2026

$14,531 - Basic, CrossFit, Cardio, Strongman, Misc

$2,613 - Vintage

$5,422 - Grip

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$22,566 (down $2,707)

UPDATE - 8/22/2026

$14,271 - Basic, CrossFit, Cardio, Strongman, Misc

$2,493 - Vintage

$5,422 - Grip

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$22,186 (down $3,087)

Target is

$8,681 - Basic, CrossFit, Cardio, Strongman, Misc

$1,976 - Vintage

$5,422 - Grip

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$16,079 (Still need to sell $6,107 in equipment, mostly plates $4,064; need to start dropping the price)

Grip Session

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Basement Gym

1700

Grip Session

2-3/8 1H NN - build to 95 (105.00 with pin, clip, tool)

3x4 2H NN - build to 95 (110.35 with pin, clip, tool)

Inch Pinch - build to 32.5 Right (36.8 with pin, clip, tool)

Jug - build to 100 (108.30 with pin, clip, tool)

Fast 20 minute session.  Felt good and nice improvement over last month.  Want to get at least two more sessions in.

Track Workout

Sunday, August 16, 2026

D'Evelyn Track

0830

Track Workout

1 mile easy

6x100 run the straights in about 30 seconds, walk the curves

Met a masters athlete training for hurdles at a big event in St. George, Utah in October.  She had these great portable hurdles along with a set of blocks.

Colorado Heritage Highland Games

Nathan Loges, Mike Parks, Vince Delperdang, Rory McKeown, avid Boydstun, Kenny Benton

???, Jay Anderson, Sanjiv Gupta, Brant Gilbert, ???

I returned to throwing with what I thought would be a small field event.  There ended up being 10 of us in the Men's Masters class including the usual suspects (Mike, Rory, Brant) and some new throwers (Nathan, Vince, Jay).  I was squarely at the back of the pack, but I did have a lot of fun.

• Heavy Hammer - cue - wide stance, bend knees - 32.35, 33.1, 39.63 (PR!)
• Light Hammer - 48.65, 40.93, 48.8 - 
• Braemar Stone - 16.97, 16.35, 17.95
• Open Stone - 16.86 (slipped) - 21.93, 21.65
• HWFD - 16.74, 17.48, 17.37
• LWFD - 20.37, 23.73, 23.42
• Caber - cue - wide stance, bend at waist, slight bend in knee, work down lift, get under, flip - M2 Scratch, 30 degrees, 15 degrees
• WOB - 10' on third try, missed 11'
• Sheaf - started at 20 feet, estimated 12', 12', 14'

I was excited to PR the heavy hammer with it being our first event.  I was within a few feet of my personal bests in the other events, but well behind the field and the leaders.  With some practice, there is lots of room for improvement.  I am considering Colorado Scottish Festival and Estes, but will likely pass.

I wore my work boots, kilt and games t-shirt.  I utilized wrist wraps and glove.  I brought my sheaf fork, but left it in the car.  It would not have made a difference.  I brought sunscreen and needed it.

I brought some extra stuff that was not utilized - Change of clothes, rain jacket, bucket hat, tape, Olympic straps, chalk.

Lunch I brought a cooler with drinks, chicken tenders, pretzels.  I had a separate water jug that was not utilized.

Quick Throwing Session - Highland Games

Friday, August 14, 2026

D'Evelyn Shot Put Pit

1100

Quick Throw Session

Braemar Stone

Open Stone

LWFD

HWFD

Light Hammer

Heavy WOB

I did between 2 and 6 throws of each movement in a quick 15 minutes ahead of the comp tomorrow.

PR's 

Braemar

Open - 23'-4.375" (2024 Colorado Scottish Festival)

LWFD - 18' (2023 Colorado Scottish Festival)

HWFD - 18'-3.625" (2024 Colorado Scottish Festival)

Light Hammer - 51'-7.875" (2023 Thornton)

Heavy Hammer - 38' (2023 Colorado Scottish Festival)

WOB - 11' (2024 Colorado Scottish Festival)

Caber - 11:00 with M2 (2024 Colorado Scottish Festival)

Sheaf - 16'  (Elizabeth 2024)

General

Monday, August 10, 2026

Oliphant's Academy of Physical Culture

0830

General Full Body Workout

We started with bench press and did a few sets.  I used the straight bar and Nisha used dumbbells.

Next we did cleans at the "squat rack."  I used the fixed bar and Nisha grabbed the short bar at the lightest weight.

Next was bodyweight movements with the back extension and I did a couple of pull-ups on the bar hanging from the ceiling.  I also felt the need to string up the low row (complete with wooden spacers to accommodate different sized athletes).

Finally we finished the alternating biceps curls.

Then I tested the neck sling which I did not quite get the hang of of.

EMOM

Thursday, August 6, 2026

CDOT

1230

30 Minute EMOM

Station 1 - 10 walking lunges

Station 2 - 8 push-ups

Station 3 - 8 med ball sit-ups (10#)

This was perfect.  Last three rounds were challenging.

USAWA Repetition Rampage Record Day

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Garage Gym

1000

Warm Up

Reverse Hyper

Crossover Symmetry

Hip Hammy Flow

Repetition Rampage Record Day

Trap Bar Deadlift - 210 lbs x 16 reps (1:02)

Front Squat - 135 lbx x 9 reps

Bench Press, Feet In Air - 135 lbs x 11 reps

Press, From Rack - 100 lbs x 6 reps

EMOM

Thursday, July 30, 2026

CDOT

1200

30 Minute EMOM

Station 1 - 10 walking lunges

Station 2 - 6 push-ups

Station 3 - 12 back extensions (45 degree)

This was harder than I expected it to be.  All of the volumes were good, but I probably should have increased the push-ups.

OWS Swim-Run

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Bear Creek Lake

1100

Swim Run

• 466 yard swim - 14:56
• 0.95 mile run - 13:05 (13:41 pace)
• 486 yard swim - 15:54
• 1.00 mile run - 13:59 (13:51 pace)

Used same kit as last Friday and moved well.  I would like to keep this in as a staple workout.  Possible adding distance or adding transitions.

OWS Swim - Run

Friday, July 24, 2026

Bear Creek Lake

1030

Swim Run

• 475 yard swim - 14:37
• 1.04 mile run - 13:57
• 446 yard swim - 14:07
• 0.57 mile run - 7:14

Today was about testing gear, but it turned into a great workout.  I wore tri shorts and my black Saucony "mud" shoes.  New gear included my pull buoy with bungee strap and hand paddles with bungee to wrist.  I wore my usual goggles.  Transitions were intentionally slow and I should plan at least a minute for each one to get situated.  Being able to run without a wetsuit was an important bonus.

• First swim was good.  Everything stayed in place and I kept my typical 3:04 pace.
• First run felt really good.  I could swing the pull buoy around, goggles were on forehead and paddles were in hand.  13:20 pace.
• Second swim felt great as well.  The bungee on the pull buoy was a little high and I should have adjusted before getting in the water.  Pace slowed to 3:09.
• Second run felt really good also.  This time I wore my goggles around my neck, but kept everything else the same.  12:41 pace.

Overall, I am feeling much better about Wellington this year than I was last year.  I will have to take a drive to Bailey to test water temperatures.

Deadlift

Thursday, July 23. 2026

Garage Gym

1800

Warm Up

Reverse Hyper

Crossover Symmetry

Hip Hammy Flow

RDL

Deadlift

8x135

6x185

4x225

3x255

1x285

Pull-up Finisher

8x1 rep

Deadlifts felt like crap today, but nice to knock off the cobwebs.  Pull-ups felt great.  Might need to consider doing a longer general warm-up to get primed for work sets.

Overseas Gym Move

Top 10 Lists - 

Most Used Most Important

1. Barbell
2. Plates
3. Squat rack
4. Bench
5. Dumbbells
6. Pull-up Bar
7. Ergs?

Hard to Replace

1. Vintage Plates - AFA Falcons and ROC-MO
2. Larry Scott Preacher Curl
3. York Roundheads
4. Jackson Dumbbells
5. Grip Equipment

Used Less often

1. Bulgarian Bags
2. Hip Thrust bumpers and wedge

Stuff that would have to go

1. 45 Degree Back Extension
2. Med Balls
3. Dead Balls
4. Strongman Equipment
5. Hoist sit-up bench
6. Plyo Boxes
7. Hurdles

Bicycles in order of keep

1. Gios
2. Surly
3. Pinarello
4. Quattro Assi - $200
5. Mercier - $100
6. Cervelo - SOLD

Sports equipment to get rid of

1. Climbing gear - SOLD
2. Lacrosse sticks - $20?
3. Fishing equipment - $10?

Stuff to take with me

1. Tennis racquet
2. SCUBA gear
3. Hurling gear

Some stuff will be tough to decide.  I would like to keep some Highland Games stuff (fork, hammer head), but sell the rest.

I just got through a rough pricing and have over $10,000 worth of gear to sell broken up into weight plates, dumbbells, barbells, strongman, crossfit and misc.  It will take forever to meet up with and exchange this much equipment.

Strongman - Reach out to Joshua Guerin, then Discord, then Facebook Marketplace - SOLD

Barbells, Dumbbells, Collars - Discord, then Facebook Marketplace

Weights - Discord, then Facebook Marketplace

Vintage Weights - Riker Johnson, then Joshua Guerin, then Discord, Facebook Marketplace

CrossFit

Misc

Bike-Swim-Bike Brick

Monday, July 21, 2026

Bear Creek Lake Park

1800

Bike-Swim-Bike Brick

5.70 mile ride to Bear Creek Lake - 36:43

250 yard swim - 7:48

5.71 mile ride home - 26:43

I wanted to get a brick workout in and I also wanted to do a test swim without any additional buoyancy.  The brick workout was tough.  Part of it was the elevation, but the more significant factor was the wind.  The swim was good, but it did feel weird to swim "naked."  The mental ease and comfort of a little buoyancy is hard to describe.

I moved well and had a good workout.  Logistically, I would like to have a drawstring bag next time for a towel, phone and goggles.  I should have also brought eye protection.  All of my tri gear worked great (shoes, shorts, jersey).

I did not track transitions.

Back Squat - Grip

Monday, July 20, 2026

Basement Gym

1200

Concept 2 Bike Erg - 5 min

Back Squat

10x45

12x95

12x95

12x95

Grip Testing

3x4 NN - 75, 85, 95 pounds

Inch Pinch - 25, 35 (L), 35 (L) pounds

Jug - 95 pounds

Just breaking out equipment ahead of GSI Rocky Mountain Regional Championship

3x4 NN PB - 136 pounds (DGC 2024)

Inch Pinch PB - 48 pounds (RH 2024)

Jug PB - 146 pounds (KK 2023)

Clean House (9 of 16 items sold)

1 Fringe Sport Wall Mount Rig - Acquired May 22, 2023 for $0 and never installed.  Listing for $300.  Dropped to $200.

2 66 pound and 35 pound strongman logs acquired August 4, 2025 for $20 and never used.  Listed for $100.  SOLD in 1 day to Snake who trains athletes and has a facility in Kansas that he travels to regularly.

3 95 and 70 pound Atlas Stones acquired April 6, 2019 for $60 and rarely use.  Listed for $80. SOLD 8/5/2026

Starting to list things slowly ahead of eventually moving from our very large house with 3-car garage after the kids are both in college.

4 Doll House Furniture listed for $40

5 Med Balls listed for $10 each, sold August 14, 2026

6 Track Hurdles listed for $100, SOLD for $70.

7 Listed the PowerTap and Head Unit, Rear Rack, 42 cm handlebars and Vision Aero Bars for FREE.  PICKED UP the same day.  Remainder of bike stuff will stay with me.

8 Sports Books listed for $10

9 Mountaineering Books Listed for $10, sold August 14, 2026

10 Sports Books listed for $30

11 Poker Books Listed for $5 - SOLD to Nathan Sohadaseni within a few days

12 Business Books Listed for $10

13 Discus Listed for $10

14 Swim Bundle Listed for $20. sold August 14, 2026

15 Speaker System Listed for $400, dropped to $300

16 Listed Quick Draws for $100 and sold to Decker within hours

Listed Rope for $20 and sold to James the next day

Now I need to list the Rope Bag for $20

17 SNOW SHOES - $20 - NEED TO LIST

18 BICYCLE STATIONARY TRAINER - FREE - NEED TO LIST

19 NISHA OLD BICYCLE - ASK NEIGHBORS?

20 DART BOARD CABINET

Dub's Grip Classic III

I decided to go ahead and register for Dub's Grip Classic III.  Jaland always runs a good contest and I was a little disappointed to only see (10) athletes signed up.  I also liked the event line-up.

The drive up to ATR was pleasant enough and took 1:45.  I left at 7:25 AM and arrived about 9:10 weighing in a 95.6 kg (210 pounds).

I took some time to chat with the other athletes and then started a general and specific warm-up.

• Grippers - I had good closes at 75, 80 and 85 pounds (PR!).  I attempted 90 pounds and it was not even close.
• Apollon's Axle - I had good lifts at 186, 216 and 236 pounds.  I went for 261 pounds and had it to my knees before dumping it.  At Dub's Grip Classic (2024) I made 241 and 251 before missing 261 and wanted to take another stab at it.  With (4) attempts, I probably should have opened higher.
• 3x4 Saxon Bar - I had good lifts at 90, 100 and 110 pounds.  I missed 120 pounds and gave it a good squeeze falling just short of lock out.  At Rolling Hills (2024) I made 106 and 116 before failing 126 pounds.  I was definitely off on this lift
• Finnish Ball - This felt really good.  I made lifts at 31, 36, 41 and 46.6 pounds.  This was just off of my 51.7 pound PR set at King Kong 2023

Relative to my training numbers, I was crushing it.  I had continuously been closing 73 and missing 87 pounds in training.  I had not tested my Axle.  My Saxon was at 100 pounds.  My Finnish Ball was at a mere 35 pounds.  Engaging the second knuckle helped a lot.

I was well behind Joe and Alan on the leaderboard but really happy with my performance.  I am also glad to jump into a grip contest.

Along with awards, Jaland recognized some outstanding folks with swag from Sorinex.  Jeremy for all his support with the comp.  Derek coming out from California.  Kevin for all of the improvement.  Marc for outstanding newcomer performance.  I was recognized for positive attitude with a loading pin ($29 value).  He also had a stack of t-shirts, hats, patches ($10) and stickers.

The drive back was tougher and took just over 2 hours.  I stopped and grabbed Chick-Fil-A.

Lessons learned

1. Pack mouthguard and smelling salts
2. Do not get too amped up for deadlifts
3. Pack more food - 1 Propel and 2 Clif Bars was not enough.

Phil, Derrick, Jaland, Lewis, Alan, Marc, Joe, Jeremy, Kevin, Matt

Mary, Sanjiv

• Mary and Phil were a couple.  Competitive strength athletes, but relatively new to grip.
• Jaland, Lewis, Joe, Jeremy, Kevin and Matt I have competed with frequently
• Derrick came out from California
• Marc is new to grip and an absolute beast.  We overlapped at Liberty for a bit.  He now works at Occidental Petroleum
• Alan is incredibly strong.  He seems to have a background in strength sports but I am not sure about grip

There were also lots of fans in the crowd that made for a good energy.

Crossroads Fitness - Grand Junction

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Crossroads Fitness

1800

General Fitness

Bench Press - 3x3 @45 pounds

Seated Dumbbell Strict Press

Ab machines

10 minutes treadmill

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

1800

General Fitness

Zercher Squats - 14x135 pounds

T-Bar Row - 45 pounds

Russian twists with med ball

While in Grand Junction for a conference, the Springhill Suites offered guest passes to the local commercial gym.  Crossroads Fitness was nestled in the basement of the Alpine Bank Building.  It had well appointed locker rooms, free towels and a fair selection of equipment including bumper plates, dumbbells from 5 to 105 pounds, squat rack, flat bench, adjustable bench and a variety of odds and ends like t-bar row, calf raise machine, various cable machines, and a cardio section.

I enjoyed a couple of good workouts there.  It was certainly not as nice as Colorado Mesa, but the price was right.

Strict Press - Metcon

Friday, July 10, 2026

Basement Gym

1600

Warm Up

Ski Erg

Arm Circles

DB Halos

Air Squats

Strict Press

5x5

5x80

5x90

4x100

5x90

5x90

Metcon

Every 4 minutes for 4 sets

200 m ski erg

12 abmat sit-up

5 push-up

8 Bulgarian Bag swings (26#)

5 Laser Target hits

This was pretty fun.  I moved well and was getting about 1 minute rest before the next set.  Diya trained with me and seemed to enjoy herself.

The Detonator

The With $20 and 15 minutes at Home Depot, you can make one too! Good for thumb

1x3in black pipe nipple (one) - $3.68
1in black pipe cap (one) - $1.87
1in to 3/4in black pipe reducer (one) - $4.35
4in 5/16 carriage bolt (one) - $0.87
3/8 washers (two) - $0.46 each
3/8 nuts (two) - $1.95 each
Pack of compression springs (one) - $5

250 for 250

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Basement Gym

1400

250 for 250 challenge

Perform a load x repetition challenge incorporating 250 to celebrate 250 years of the nation's founding.

I opted for 250 reps of a 150 pound deadlift.  Colorado is celebrating its 150th year of statehood this year.

I finished the lifts in 65:37.  I was doing sets of 5 originally every minute (for the first 100 reps) and then slowed to about every 1:30.  It was a challenging load and rep scheme.

I would like to work on other high volume rep schemes in the future.

Metcon

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Basement Gym

1100

Warm Up

PVC pass throughs

Plank - 30 sec

Clean warm-up

Strength

EMOM 8

3 touch and go power cleans

95 pounds - This went pretty well.  I might have been able to go heavier, but this allowed me to move well and get back in the groove of Olympic liftiung.

Conditioning

Every 3 min for 5 sets

5 Power Clean

15 Sit-up

10 Deadlift

15 Sit-up

Intermediate Load was (165/115).  I decided to stick with 95 pounds and was moving well.  Rounds 1 and 2, I finished in about 2:30, but my abs were certainly feeling it.  Rounds 3, 4, 5, I scaled further to 10 sit-ups and 0 sit-ups and was finishing in about 1:40.  It was nice to train CrossFit again.  Programming from Westbound CrossFit.

Finished with some grippers.

2026 National Championship & What's Next

Saturday, June 27, 2026

Columbia, MO

1000

2026 USAWA National Championship

Sanjiv (208.2 pounds; 55 years old)

• Deadlift, No Thumb, Overhand Grip - 285, 305, 315 PR, established age record
• Clean & Press, Heels Together - 105, 115, 135 - Age record (beat Al Springs)
• Lateral Raise, Lying - 20, 26, 30 - established age record
• Jefferson Lift - 315, 335, 345 - could not best Larry Traub at 529 pounds

What's Next?

With Deka.Fit, Muddy Dash and the All-Round wrapping up a busy 4 week stretch, it is now time for some reflection.

Upcoming events:

7/13-7/16 - Colorado Safety Summit - Grand Junction - Mon-Thurs - SUCCESS

7/18 - Elizabeth Celtic Festival or Dub's Grip Classic - Saturday - DUB'S

7/23 - Paint D'Evelyn Parking Spot - Thurs-Fri - DELAYED

8/8-8/12 - Trip to Canada - Saturday-Wednesday

8/15 - Colorado Heritage Games - Registered

8/19 - Tuesday Nisha first day of school

8/21 - Drop Diya off at WashU (classes start 8/24)

8/23 - Wellington Swim Run - Need to register

8/29 - GSI Regionals - Nisha and I Registered

9/12 - Littlefoot Triathlon - Saturday - Registered

9/19 - Colorado Scottish Festival - skipping

10/3 - IAWA World Championship, Lebanon, PA - Saturday - Need to plan

10/25 - Hurling Tournament, Phoenix, AZ? Friday-Sunday - Skip

I also intend to do some scuba diving in the local quarries (usually Saturday/Sunday) and maybe hit some golf balls.  I feel like I need to focus on grip and a little swim-bike-run.  I should also throw at least one day a week if I want to make it to the Colorado Scottish Festival.  

Highland Games Gear

Scottish Highland games throwing equipment $160.

Used condition as shown.  

Price is for all three implements together.  

NOT SOLD INDIVIDUALLY.

Mens 16 pound light hammer (serial # 203).

Mens 56 pound weight for height (actual weight 58 pounds). 

Mens 28 pound light weight for distance (made from half a 50# dumbbell and actual weight 26 pounds).  

CASH ONLY.  

Please contact me if you need any additional pictures or info. 

Located in SW Denver metro near Morrison at C470 / 285 (Hampden). 

Thank you.

I saw this listing from Patrick Caber just a few miles from my house and had to drive over.  The hammer head has some history and was made from a known manufacturer.  The 58 pound weight for height was made locally.  The 26 pound weight for distance was made locally also.  The two weights have a comfort grip handle that can be removed.

Current Prices (Black Sheaf)

16# Hammer - $100

28# WFD - $130

56# WFH - discontinued, 42# is $160)

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$390 worth of equipment plus another $100 in shipping.

I would say the implements ended up at 

16# Hammer - $50

28# WFD - $40

56# WFH - $70

I may sell the WFH for $100?