The Olympics
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I was amazed!!!the triathletes are almost at the same speeds as the athletes at their individual sports!!!
I heard her talking about the hair, that doesn't mean I was listening.LOL
NickW
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I was watching the women sprinters yesterday (love dvr) with my daughter and she was flat amazed at how fast these women were. We watched the, um 800 I believe (2 laps around track whatever that is), and we were both amazed that the chick ran so fast the whole time and then had a huge kick at the end. My daughter is not really a runner at all (didn't take after her Daddy that way) but she knew enough to understand it is flat amazing what these people can do.
I bet the Aussies are sick of the whole damned thing!
Even New Zealand are beating them.
Lets faces it, even our rowing team, or cycling team on their own would be beating them.
That reminds me, I must catch up with a few colleagues in Sydney
Even New Zealand are beating them.
Lets faces it, even our rowing team, or cycling team on their own would be beating them.
That reminds me, I must catch up with a few colleagues in Sydney
apparently the county of yorkshire has won more medals (or was that gold medals?) than the whole of Oz!!!
Well, every time I tune into NBC a damned commercial set comes on! So, I surf around the channels once or twice and then turn it all off. I did catch the men's 10K and enjoyed seeing the Brit and American training buddies win the Gold and Silver. Is it the civil wars in Africa or the shoe companies that have so quickly ruined the men runners from that continent?
I think the rest of the world is just catching up. As well as training in Oregon, I think Frah has also been training in the rift valley
I took a week off work to watch the Olympics athletics, we get 24 channels of live coverage here so we're a bit spoiled!
The racing's been amazing, though I'm a Brit I was really cheering for Lolo Jones having developed a bit of a crush on her lately...!
I've heard a lot of Western distance runners are now heading to places like Iten in Kenya to train, interesting they are doing that.
It was great to see Farah win the 10K, even if it was faster than it takes me to run 5K!
It's a shame the tickets were so expensive, I spent several weeks working at Olympic park before the games started (testing the new mobile network towers there) and the place was looking amazing.
I was going to head to London on Sunday to watch the men's marathon (I have a train ticket bought) but I'm undecided now. Though you can watch from the street for free, you'll only see the runners pass 3 times in 2 hours. I'm thinking it might be better to just watch it live on TV instead.
The racing's been amazing, though I'm a Brit I was really cheering for Lolo Jones having developed a bit of a crush on her lately...!
I've heard a lot of Western distance runners are now heading to places like Iten in Kenya to train, interesting they are doing that.
It was great to see Farah win the 10K, even if it was faster than it takes me to run 5K!
It's a shame the tickets were so expensive, I spent several weeks working at Olympic park before the games started (testing the new mobile network towers there) and the place was looking amazing.
I was going to head to London on Sunday to watch the men's marathon (I have a train ticket bought) but I'm undecided now. Though you can watch from the street for free, you'll only see the runners pass 3 times in 2 hours. I'm thinking it might be better to just watch it live on TV instead.
So how much are/were tickets, by chance? Do you have a to buy a ticket for every single separate event, or are there packages, or both?
Definitely go. I lived in Atlanta during the '96 games. While I did go to a couple ticketed events, the most fun I had was soaking in the atmosphere around the games. If you have the opportunity to go watch the marathon in person it'll make for some pretty cool memories.
I'm outraged and shocked that this woman was accused of doping:
yeah, right ... she was caught with 1980's vintage steroids in her system, and comes from a country where the stuff is basically used as sweetener in the coffee... What I actually find shocking and outrageous is that she even got into the Olympics in the first place.
yeah, right ... she was caught with 1980's vintage steroids in her system, and comes from a country where the stuff is basically used as sweetener in the coffee... What I actually find shocking and outrageous is that she even got into the Olympics in the first place.
