Tim Martin’s BodyBlog

The Team Universe was last night, and I’m still numb from the results.  Coming out of Friday night prejudging I actually thought I won my class.  Of the thirteen heavyweights, I was in the first callout of six.  We were arranged numerically, so I was on the end.  After one rotation of the mandatories we were rearraged and I was put in the middle (between the top two in my opinion).  We then did a final rotation of poses before leaving the stage for the second group.  Several competitors congratulated me afterwards, so I felt confident about the way it went.

http://www.musculardevelopment.com/browse/index.php?mode=contest&eventcode=1134 posted photos immediately, and I honestly thought I won most of the mandatory poses!  I did have an anxious feeling all day Saturday, thinking something would go wrong.  Well, when I was announced fourth place I don’t think it registered immediately.  The class was very deep, so I don’t want to take anything away from the other guys, I just felt after reviewing the photos that I was definately first or second.

There were several other questionable calls on Saturday night in my opinion.  Women’s bodybuilding:  I was surprised the heavyweight won her class, let alone the overall.  Men’s welterweight didn’t go the way I thought.  Chris Faildo was the clear winner in that class, but after that it was strange.  Men’s lightheavyweight was another surprise, as I had Miguel Neil winning clearly from the photos.

As for me, I guess my marathon diet is over.  I have an empty feeling right now, but hopefully in a few days I’ll appreciate this year’s accomplishments, as well as knowing I brought my best ever shape to the show this weekend.