Late Nights and Gold Medals
When I was a kid, I was always excited for Olympics. The three week trip I took with my dad to Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics was perhaps the best vacation I've taken in my entire life. (No, I was not able to get tickets to a Dream Team game, but I did see Spain win a dramatic gold medal game in soccer!)
A less intense schedule coupled with outstanding coverage on CBC meant that I watched a lot of TV for two weeks every fourth summer when I lived in Michigan. However, since I moved to CT and started my first real job, I stopped paying much attention to the Olympics. I can't really recall much of what happened in the 2004 and 2006 Olympics, and I was not expecting to watch much of the Olympics this year.
However, that all changed with one relay race. With all the hype surrounding the USA 4x100 relay race and Michael Phelps's quest for 8 golds, I decided to stay up for the 11:30PM race last night, just in case it lived up to the extreme hype. It was a fantastic decision!! When the US started closing the half-length gap over the last 50 meters, I found myself captivated by the drama. I jumped off the sofa and started pacing in front of the TV as the US completed the miracle comeback. I still can't believe the US won that race.
If you are not watching the Olympics, you are missing out!
Since I can catch up on sleep during my vacation to the Jersey Shore next week, I think I'll be able to survive a few more late nights! :)
U!S!A!
A less intense schedule coupled with outstanding coverage on CBC meant that I watched a lot of TV for two weeks every fourth summer when I lived in Michigan. However, since I moved to CT and started my first real job, I stopped paying much attention to the Olympics. I can't really recall much of what happened in the 2004 and 2006 Olympics, and I was not expecting to watch much of the Olympics this year.
However, that all changed with one relay race. With all the hype surrounding the USA 4x100 relay race and Michael Phelps's quest for 8 golds, I decided to stay up for the 11:30PM race last night, just in case it lived up to the extreme hype. It was a fantastic decision!! When the US started closing the half-length gap over the last 50 meters, I found myself captivated by the drama. I jumped off the sofa and started pacing in front of the TV as the US completed the miracle comeback. I still can't believe the US won that race.
If you are not watching the Olympics, you are missing out!
Since I can catch up on sleep during my vacation to the Jersey Shore next week, I think I'll be able to survive a few more late nights! :)
U!S!A!
posted by GaryGinew at 9:07 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Gary,
I also don't typically pay much attention to the Olympics. I will watch the events if they're on and I'm looking for something to do, but I don't schedule my time around particular events. However, I also serendipitously caught that race, and wow! It was really exciting, and I'm glad I was able to see it in real time (rather than hear about it the next day)!
Have fun on the Jersey shore!
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