So, My dog woke me up at 8 am this morning. I went to bed at 2 am after watching I have no idea what Olympic event online till I fell asleep last night. But once I was up, I was up, no matter how tired I was. So I set it up, and I was watching two different events on my computer, and one even on the TV- yes I had three sports going at once. It was kind of crazy, but fun. Through out the day I saw an amazing US archery team take the silver- they lost by one point, and so should have had gold.
I watched swimming, I was happy for lochte, what the heck happened to Phelps? and I also got to watch two Lithuanians in rowing, an Lithuanian that did really well in swimming, and I saw a Lithuanian on the list of one of the mixed groups for men's gymnastics qualifier group 2. But they didn't show him. I did see a Latvian gymnast perform both on floor and the vault. I love men's gymnastics. I also saw from Bulgaria a six time Olympian, I believe he is 39, he has grey hair, and by gymnastics standards he is ancient, but he did amazing on the rings. Its great to see that kind of longevity, it was inspiring, I hope to see him again in the event final. I also saw the Irish gymnast- the first one for the Irish men to qualify for the Olympics in his own right. He didn't really do well today, but considering he was twice told in his life that he would never walk again, I thought he was amazing.
But this is about my madness, and here it is. Half way through the day, I decided my dog should also compete in a mini Olympics, against, Himself. So I set up some couch cushions and taught him to jump. he then competed in his own mini dog hurdles event. Then we busted out the discus (Frisbee) and played with that, and then the tennis ball. I have a feeling my dog will like the Olympics. tomorrow we can do race walking when we go on our Sunday walk. I even made him wear one of my gold medals and a team USA Barret. We had fun.
one last note- i watched the 48 kg women's weight lifting. Those ladies are smaller than me- shorter, and weigh less. It scares me to death when they lift that much weight (116 kg for the clean and jerk, and 90 some thing kg for the snatch), especially when the weights and their arms go backwards behind me. That really can't be good for you. Enjoying the games so far, hope you do to.
I watched swimming, I was happy for lochte, what the heck happened to Phelps? and I also got to watch two Lithuanians in rowing, an Lithuanian that did really well in swimming, and I saw a Lithuanian on the list of one of the mixed groups for men's gymnastics qualifier group 2. But they didn't show him. I did see a Latvian gymnast perform both on floor and the vault. I love men's gymnastics. I also saw from Bulgaria a six time Olympian, I believe he is 39, he has grey hair, and by gymnastics standards he is ancient, but he did amazing on the rings. Its great to see that kind of longevity, it was inspiring, I hope to see him again in the event final. I also saw the Irish gymnast- the first one for the Irish men to qualify for the Olympics in his own right. He didn't really do well today, but considering he was twice told in his life that he would never walk again, I thought he was amazing.
But this is about my madness, and here it is. Half way through the day, I decided my dog should also compete in a mini Olympics, against, Himself. So I set up some couch cushions and taught him to jump. he then competed in his own mini dog hurdles event. Then we busted out the discus (Frisbee) and played with that, and then the tennis ball. I have a feeling my dog will like the Olympics. tomorrow we can do race walking when we go on our Sunday walk. I even made him wear one of my gold medals and a team USA Barret. We had fun.
one last note- i watched the 48 kg women's weight lifting. Those ladies are smaller than me- shorter, and weigh less. It scares me to death when they lift that much weight (116 kg for the clean and jerk, and 90 some thing kg for the snatch), especially when the weights and their arms go backwards behind me. That really can't be good for you. Enjoying the games so far, hope you do to.
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