You've got to love the Olympics. It's so inspiring to see the world's best going after their dreams. They've worked hard, and it all leads up to that one climactic competition. You can't help but root for the athletes. You want them all to win gold, but you especially cheer for those that obtain it. I admit it. I get teary-eyed sometimes as I watch. Maybe that's because I can relate.I participated in a sort of Olympics of my own years ago. It wasn't televised, but it's the closest thing to an Olympics that I'll ever experience.
When I was in high school, I competed in an orchestra competition in Canada. Our orchestra was a team. We practiced hard. We traveled to compete. We performed, and we kicked butt. LOL. We won as many trophies as possible, and out of a possible 100, we scored a 97.
I admit I've always been sort of a geek, and what I remember most distinctly is when we realized we'd won. We jumped out of our seats and rushed our orchestra conductor. We shouted and cheered. It was our Gold Medal moment.
Okay, that may be sort of lame, but I'm owning it. LOL. That was my Olympic moment, and just like Michael Phelps, Shawn Johnson and the rest of the champions will tell you. You don't forget it.
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I got teary when LoLo fell in the 100m hurdles. I had a similar moment. 'cept it was the 300m hurdles. I was coming around the curve for the last hundred meters. I was feeling good. No leg burn, no chest pound, I was in back of the pack but I was saving it for the straight.
It looked like everybody was out of gas but me. And Im stepping over the hurdles smoother than I ever have before; like I was having an epiphany right there on the track. I caught up and passed the field so fast I started thinking maybe I kicked it in too soon.
I can hear the crowd cheering me on [walk!] I walked eveybody down now Im comfortably in the lead. (by now Im singing in my head "we are the champion"). With just one more hurdle to go ... [clack] ... Im on the ground.
When Lolo went down I felt for her. There are worse tragedies than losing a race. But I know she will be kicking herself for a long time.
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