Today was the last day of competition. I ended up taking second place in the tournament. In the final I lost to a wrestler from Russia. It was one of those tough matches where I thought that I was going to win, but he out wrestled me in a couple of situations and won. I was dissapointed, but sometimes that happens. It is all part of the sport. I much rather enjoy winning instead of losing though. We had one champ at 55 kilos. Sam Hazewinkle did a great job here getting his first international tournament championship. He looked really good. What he lacks in technique right now he definitely makes up for in scrapping. Our team won the tournament. Overall we did really well. I had fun on this trip, but I am glad to be getting home.

After the tournament was over I came back to the hotel and hit the sauna for a little bit to try to sweat out some of the soreness from the tournament. We leave the hotel at three thirty in the morning so I am trying to stay up all night so that I can start the process of adjusting back to the time in Colorado Springs. It is kind of funny how that now that I am finally adjusting to the time zone here that it is time to head back home. I am looking forward to the Christmas season and everything else that is going on this month. I am going to Reno later this month to watch the guys from UVSC wrestle, and then I am going to Alamosa for Christmas and Salt Lake for New Year’s. It should be a very busy month. Well there are some other people here waiting to get onto the internet right now so I am going to go. Thanks for following how things are going. Take care.