IT'S ONLY EVERY FOUR YEARS
Late the other night, or early one morning as it was, I headed off to bed, wondering why I had stayed so late at the party, watching BMX racing. I don't usually watch BMX racing, but this was of the Olympic variety, and well, a gold medal was on the line. And it was fascinating, maybe because of the newness.
The Olympics do this sort of thing to me. Maybe it is the pre-event hype and background, but I get kind of addicted to the games. I find myself suddenly in possession of knowledge about lives and histories of athletes that a few weeks ago I didn't know existed.
I do marvel at the talent, skill and power of the competitors. I'm particularly keen on track, since that was my best high school sport. I was even captain of the team, but when I see how quickly Husain Bolt covered the 100 and compare it to my best speed and wonder if we were on the track at the same time, well, the best I can say is that we started at the same time.
Anyway, we head into the last weekend of the extravaganza and I leave you with a sport and young sportsman that you'll likely never see on an Olympic medal stand, but I suspect you'll find this amazing. It's all in the spirit of the Weekender :). Have fun with this.
Anyway, we head into the last weekend of the extravaganza and I leave you with a sport and young sportsman that you'll likely never see on an Olympic medal stand, but I suspect you'll find this amazing. It's all in the spirit of the Weekender :). Have fun with this.
See you down the trail.
A future Rube Goldberg in the making.
ReplyDeleteAs for addictive Olympic television try Dressage to music...it's the new curling
ReplyDeleteI have yet to watch any of the Olympics except part of the opening ceremonies. But I read about them.
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