Like many of you, I have Olympic fever! I smiled all over my face when a friend of a friend on fb said that after watching some track events, she signed up for her first road race in 9 years. Love it!! I love what the Olympics can inspire in each of us. For instance, this commercial resonated with me:
Ok, so maybe I'm dramatizing, but I kinda feel like this kid right now when I run. And the message encourages me, and reminds me that my fastest race times all happened after I had my first kid.
Then, Runner's World. I've read my September issue cover-to-cover and would have pitched it in the recycling already, but I'm loving having the "Runs For Glory" section to give me some context on the runners and expectations for each event. RW had Shalane Flanagan slated for the bronze. It was painful watching the race this morning, but I couldn't have been prouder of how she finished--with nothing in the tank. She gave it her all, and when she needed a hand, Kara was right there at the finish to walk with her. No medal, but they did us proud.
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The Women's marathon was hard to watch because of the local connection dropping out because of an injury. Four years of training.......
I admit that I haven't watched as much of the Olympics as I thought I would. Social media keeps ruining the results for me so I've been watching highlights and that's about it.
The Olympics are seriously cutting into my sleep. I don't think I've gone to bed earlier than midnight the entire time they've been on.
As I have to stay home because of the injury I spent all my time watching Olympics. In my opinion now there are too many useless sports.
The stories of many athletes are really inspiring.
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