In our sport, the Olympics is the biggest thing you can train for. To get it done today, with my friends and family here, it feels so good, so good. It’s validating. – Grant Fisher. USA Bronze Medal 10K Run.
Missed my nap two days in a row now. I may not have trained properly for this.
You can’t watch everything, can you? But you can try. For example, I typically do not watch medal ceremonies, but I watched that one, The Men’s 10K. Congratulations to Grant Fisher. And his friends and family.
“With my friends and family here” is phrase that is sticking with me..
Did you see that Nike ad?
Am I a bad person?
Tell me. Am I?
I’m single minded.
I’m deceptive.
I’m obsessive.
I’m selfish.
Does that make me a bad person? Am I a bad person? Am I?
I have no empathy.
I don’t respect you.
I’m never satisfied.
I have an obsession with power.
I’m irrational.
I have zero remorse.
I have no sense of compassion.
I’m delusional. I’m maniacal.
You think I’m a bad person?
Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Am I?
I think I’m better than everyone else.
I want to take what’s yours and never give it back.
What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine.
Am I a bad person?
Tell me. Am I?
Does that make me a bad person?”
Grant Fisher seems to be saying something different after his bronze-medal-winning performance.
To get it done. On the right day. With my friends and family.
The Mixed 4 x 400 Relay was brat. I saw Femke Bol get the baton in fourth or fifth place and my first thought – well, right after ‘USA don’t drop it’ – was ‘We is in big trouble.’ The Americans needed Sydney Michelle McLaughlin-Levrone right about then.
And then the rain came. “Sheets of rain coming down.”
Jack, You are looking more like an eastern mystic or an Oregon cult leader, I am not sure which. Thank you for the Olympic missives, your bon mots are always on the money (and funny). Let’s sign up for 2028 LA Olympics. Ticket prices could be on the high side. We could sign up for the T+F News tour. I was told that tix to the Paris Opening Ceremony were going for $10K. Same as a Taylor Swift concert. I don’t know if my social security check will stretch that far. Great to hear from you. My arthritic left knee has ended my running career. Biking and swimming are a poor substitute. Being 74 years old is an adventure. Thanks for the commentary. You are one of the best! Tim