Monday Musings

 In the Men's Alpine Skiing competition @ the 2010 Olympics, the top 27 finishers had less than 2 seconds separating them.  Gold, silver and bronze were decided within less than .10 of a second.

After racing 5.8 km's (4 heats), the Men's 2 man Bobsled competition, the top 10 finishers were separated by 2.75 seconds.

In the ladies 1000m Speed Skating final, all 35 competitors were within 2.97 seconds of each other.

Seriously #35 probably lost cause she had gas on the last lap, farted, and the clench made her tense up.  Done.  Talk about the absolute commitment and dedication needed to succeed at a highly competitive level, and on top of that not forgetting your Beano pill.  Literally years of training and money and living out of a suitcase and frankly very little media attention or pay.  Mix all that together with the knowledge that at the end of the day, you could lose by less than half a second... and I typically cut back on my daily push up regimen so as not to sweat.  Well that's not true, I don't actually do push ups but I have thought a lot about doing them.  Okay, the real deal is that I tend to hit "Restart" on Wii Resort if I am about to lose in Basketball so I don't drop down in my rankings.  I don't want to lose my pro status.  It's very hard to get you know.  Seriously, really hard.

Yes, I am completely pathetic.   But I am totally comfortable with the fact that I am never going to compete at the Olympics.  Now, let's just say I was incredibly athletic, muscular, ruggedly handsome, svelte (oh stop this is getting a little embarrassing), I would want to be in one of the unitard events.  Just cause.  Like when do you get to wear a unitard and not have people not look at you strangely?

And finally, the Canadian Women's hockey team have outscored their opponents, 41 - 2 in 3 games, winning their first game 18 - 0.  Maybe that half a second doesn't look so bad after all.

Of course, after all this training, and typing this stupid thing up, forgot to hit restart button.  Totally lost 6 spots.