As great as the grip day was, the record day exceeded it in many ways. The lifters spanned an age range of over 6 decades, and there were many outstanding lifts in all age groups. Part of the appeal of a record day is you go in with a somewhat preconcieved notion of what you want to try, but at the end of the day you find you’ve only done one or two of the lifts you’d planned. With 2 or 3 different lifts going on at the same time, you look over and say, “Hey, I’d like to get in on that lift over there” even if you have never ever seen it done or given it any thought. I also like the fact that there is very little “sandbagging” or leaving much in the tank on most efforts, although I will admit that I did so on a couple of lifts. At the end of the day I think most of us had pretty much ‘shot our wads’ and were ready to get somewhere to crash and relax (sleep) and hope to be able to get about the next day.
Murdo