My favorite 2008 Summer Olympic moment:
At the USATF headquarters in Indianapolis last year.
It is rare indeed when one country can sweep the bronze, silver and gold medals in a single event, in this case the Men’s 400 meters.
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Your Favorite 2008 Olympic Moment?
Team USA, 2008, almost set a world record in the 4 x 400 relay…
Remember the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics? Michael Phelps’ 8 Olympic Gold Medals.
Jamacia’s Usain Bolt becoming the World’s fastest human. Ever.
What was your favorite 2008 Summer Olympic moment?
Mine was watching Team USA go 1,2, 3 in what event?
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The One Good Thing
North Cascades Highway, 1984, Washington State…
The one good thing that came from College life is that he met his future wife.
Maybe that’s why most folks go to College anyway. To find their life mate.
The one bad thing though, he amassed significant debt from student loans.
And he jogged to stay in shape, and counter the effects of high-calorie keg parties.
He even watched the 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
The 1984 Olympics were mostly ignored, in favor of an overdue Honeymoon trip – bicycling across Washington State.
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But He Kept Dreaming Until
The little boy worked hard for many years. He set a school record. He won the County Championship.
Then he went to College. And found out he had been a very small fish in a very big pond, more like the ocean.
He abandoned that childhood dream to become an Olympian.
And got distracted, and medicated, with College life.
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A Little Boy’s Big Dream
A little boy from a small Pennsylvania “Paper-Mill” town, watched the 1972 Summer Olympics on his neighbor’s TV, back when TV’s had knobs for changing channels.
A seed had been planted and he dreamt right then and there that he would become an Olympic athlete.
But he wasn’t big enough, or fast enough.
Ever.
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