4 Years!!!

We love watching the Olympics!!! Our TV falls asleep several times a day... this happens after 4 hours of inactivity (being on the same channel...) We just keep the Olympics on all the time. Everything else on TV has taken a back seat.

I was thinking today, I can't even imagine having to wait 4 years between Olympic competitions! If that is your biggest competition (swimming, track, gymnastics,) how do you even begin to maintain focus??? I know they have other comps and worlds and all that, but if it's all just prep for the big show, burnout has to be a huge issue. There was a great interview with Michael Phelps today where he was saying for the first 2 years after the Bejing Olympics he was just kind of lost in his training, couldn't maintain focus. This has to happen to other athletes as well. Just makes you respect the great ones even more, that they are able to find ways to maintain that focus and structure their training accordingly. Amazing!

Hope you got to see Usain Bolt run the 100 meter dash today. That guy is simply incredibly fast!!!