Olympic Fever
Yes it has been awhile since I have wrote and I’m sorry. Work has been consuming a lot of time along with dealing with things that life seems to throw my way. But for the past couple days I have come down with a sickness that I get every 4 years, Olympic Fever.
Yeah there is the Winter Olympics but I never really got into those. The summer games are just all the magic of what you think of when you think of the Olympics. Countries battling it out to try to show who are superior at a given sport. Being a former athlete I am just drawn to this because of my dream as kid to one day be on that stage. Of course I never made there so I might as well watch right?
Right away I have gotten myself hooked on the Michael Phelps craze. He in this Olympic games could break the record for most gold medals in a single games and the record for most gold of all time. This kid is amazingly fast and so very fun to watch. He has 2 golds already with 2 world records for those wins. Now he has 6 more to go to break the record.
Then I love watching the track and field events which I believe start next week. Being a former competitor in track this really gets me excited. Track rarely gets seen on the big stage except for the Olympics. This year we get to see 3 of the fastest men in the world as American and defending World Champion Tyson Gay looks to go against the 2 very fast Jamacians Asafa Powell and World Record Holder Usain Bolt in the 100 meters. Then American and defending Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner will attempt to defend his crown in the 400 meters and will try to break the almost 9 year old world record held by Michael Johnson. Plus you have the 200, 4×100 relay and all the field events.
I have also enjoyed watching some volleyball, fencing, gymnastics and soccer already. I just love this time that comes around every four years. It makes me feel like a kid again and relive some of my best moments in sports. And most importantly it seems for 2 weeks the world seems to put some of their differences behind them for the thrill of competition.
