Olympic spirit or whatever, meh.

Usually the Olympics would be on our tv all day long, but I missed 99% of the opening ceremonies, and have only sat down to watch the ladies 4 x 100m relay, and a men’s race. No heats, no nothing. I have caught a few seconds of Judo, beach volleyball, and basketball, but nothing from start to finish.

I’ve just turned on the tv this morning to catch the closing seconds of a women’s cycling race, looks like mountain biking. The french are certainly doing fairly well this year. I saw the french men’s rugby sevens team beat Fiji to a pulp 26 to 7 in their gold medal match. Oof. Big win/loss there, depending on whom you were cheering for.

My oldest daughter has renewed her vigor for track and field, so we took an hour to hop on down to the area track to do some warm up laps, stretch, and do a timed 200m dash. She clocked in at 40.97, down from the 41.87 zhe did just before her big race day back in May. Today was a cold start, and she took off a bit slow due to my hand signals being obscured by a rep soccer team playing on the field in view between us. I think she might have cracked 39 sec if she’d had the better start. I told her that if she wanted to run more to practice, I would help. I’ll drive, time keep, encourage, and get beverages, but I can’t run the race, or make you want to do it. So as long as it’s something she leads, I’ll help. But I’ll not be taking the lead like some back seat stage mom. No living vicariously through others achievements!  Don’t expect me to drag YOU there, but if you ask to go, I’m here to help. Comprende?

I always felt like getting back into wrestling whenever I saw the winter olympics, or a UFC fight. I enjoyed it a great deal in both junior high, and high school. Now it’s all MMA, BJJ or some form of combat karate. Not my jam. I do want to get into better shape to stay healthy, but combats not my path. No punches or kicks to the head for me, thanks. I liked the running, and mat work. The bout after bout of trying new techniques, and dry run of move sets. Didn’t care for the testicle squashing singlet, but otherwise I had a good deal of fun. I’m very fortunate, no injuries, and no coaching shower shenanigans.

I’m fairly certain today is Sunday. Beautiful warm sunny day out. Pool is partially shaded this early in the day, so we should be able to avoid sunburns. It’ll be time to eat lunch soon enough. Best be about my day! Ciao Bella.