As those who follow track and field know, the Olympics started on August 8th 2008, so i had the biggest birthday party ever! Not really but we did march in the opening ceremonies so ill consider that my party.
it was a pretty good time. that march really hurts your body though. i now understand why the "big timers" choose not to participate. it isn't because they are too good for it, its simply that it takes a serious toll on your body.
anyways it was a good time, i recorded an hours worth of it but my battery died just before they lit the torch. i took tons of pictures as well.
my birthday seemed like 36hrs because we are 12hrs ahead in Beijing, but i was getting birthday wishes on the 9th due to the delay back home.
this morning we (the 5 track athletes) woke up and headed to the Nike hospitality center to get some more stuff. we got a couple pair of shoes, some nice spikes, and some shirts and hats. it was a pretty good time, i got to play some xbox 360 and do some damage on the ping-pong table while we waited around.
i run in 8 days and now its crunch time. tomorrow is the most important workout of my entire stay in China so ill be going hard. i am feeling very confident about my running right now, and am expecting big things in the rounds.
thanks to everyone who's been sending me emails and messages online it really means alot to have some support.
ill update the blog as i get closer to my rounds!
here are a couple pics!
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