I don't follow the Olympics very closely but I do know they are going on right now. Major kuddos to Kristin Armstrong for winning her third gold in the cycling time trial. She won in 2008 and 2012 and she rocked it this year the day before she turned 43! And in case you're wondering, she is not the ex-wife of Lance Armstrong, she just shares the same name!
Four years ago Les' brother, Lance, came to visit us while the Olympics were going on. He brought his youngest daughter, Hannah, along and she and I had our own Backyard Olympics. We were awesome, scoring only gold and silver in diving, swimming, pool float running, cannon balling...
As our Olympics continued I was reminded that I am no longer 11. We were discussing different dives and flips when I told Hannah how is use to be able to do a cartwheel off the diving board. We don't have a diving board, so Hannah headed for the grass. Unfortunately, so did I. My cartwheel was executed perfectly until I started the descent. My left hamstring went one way while the rest of my leg went another!
Do you follow the Olympics closely? I'm pulling for all the US marathoners, especially Meb!
Do you remember when the Summer and Winter games took place in the same year and then you waited four more for the next Olympics? Do you prefer them every 2 years or every 4? I think I prefer the old way, it seemed like they took up so much of the year with the winter and summer games. Now it feels like they just happened.
