Olympic Hopeful
Is anyone else as excited for the 2008 Olympics as I am? I know I have previously mentioned my first full fledged crush on the event before. Every time I think about the Olympics now I get a little teary eyed, but still a huge rush of excitement.
I always thought it would be me going to the Olympics someday. I dreamed it was me for years. Actually I still dream of the bar routine I wanted to perform. If only my body would work that way now, I would honestly go give it a whirl if I had a chance.
Now I am resigned to just being a spectator of gymnastics. I sit glued to my tv not breathing on the balance beam routines, tearing up when I gymnast makes a mistake. I literally cheer outloud for a powerful floor exercise. I love it as much as I always have.
This time I am broadening my preference for favorite Olympic sports. I am getting excited about a sport that is not as popular as the gymnastic competitions. Taekwondo. I want my kids to feel the excitement, the elation, the desire to be your best that I gained from watching my first Olympic gymnastic competition.
While I obviously can’t live through my children or make them want to be an Olympian like I did, I do hope they pick up some of the lessons learned through Olympic athletes- like working hard, never giving up, and thinking positive.
What about you? What is exciting to you about the Olympics?
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4 Responses to “Olympic Hopeful”
June 26th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I LOVE almost everything about the Olympics. I love the fact that the Olympic trials are starting up this week. I was a runner through college and that tends to be what I watch the most. But, I love gymnastics and soccer and pretty much everything (except maybe basketball). I am hoping that Chicago with get the Olympic, because I am right next door and I would so volunteer to to what ever they wanted me to do.
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June 26th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I love the summer Olympics! I’m always amazed at the gymnasts, and tend to watch them and the track & field events. I was a runner in high school, and seeing people run at lightning speeds–too cool.
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June 26th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
The opening, the closing and everything in between. As far as individual sports, the gymnastics. Watching the athletes ability to work the bars and rings makes me so jealous. I wish I had been able to do that when I was younger.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I love the olympics too, I admit. I got to go the olympics when they were held in L.A. in the late 80’s. It was in 1988 I think. I don’t remember the exact year. We watched a soccer and a boxing match. It was very cool. I was only a kid, but it made me an Olympic fan for life!