Team, it's time.
This is your time. Your year. Your day.
Your Olympics.
It's time for you to bring your A-game. Time for you to tap into your reserve power. Time for you to work some magic.
Time to reach a little higher, run a little faster, aim a little sharper, fight a little harder, throw a little further.
It's time to push yourself beyond what you thought you can do. To become more than who you thought you were.
You've been training the last 4 years for this. You've been waiting for this opportunity to prove yourself. To show the world what you're made of. To show everyone what you can do. To earn the title of 'The World's Greatest."
It's your time.
Time for the Olympic Games!
Dun Dun Dun!
The Summer Olympics: London 2012 start next weekend - July 27th - and regardless of whether London's actually ready or not, I'm so ready it's insane.
I can't wait. I love the Olympics. Particularly the Summer Olympics. Whenever I daydreamed about being in the Olympics, it was always the Summer Olympics - likely in Track & Field (it's what I knew best). So they're kind of my favorite.
And, on this week before my favorite time of every 4 years, I'm fulfilling a promise I made to my sister that I would highlight a few of the athletes I liked so she knew for whom she should be rooting.
I'll admit, my initial thought was to evaluate athletes from all the sports and choose at least one male and one female to watch in each one. Mostly US athletes, of course, but I also wanted to throw in some international flair and mention other stars.
Then I got realistic and realized that I would never be successful at that goal - I'd just get too overwhelmed and tired of it by the end. And I don't want to drain myself of all my Olympic spirit before the Games even start!
So I'm just going to mention some athletes I like, some sports I really love, and give you more of a starter roster of people you can root for, if you'd like some direction.
Full disclosure: some of these {male} athletes I'm admittedly choosing just because I kind of have a crush on them. So sure, I'm going by looks, sue me (please don't really) - the fact is, I'm already astounded by their pure athletic talent, and I don't know all of their personalities, so I'm creating some sort of connection to them with all I've got - looks. And I know that. I'm shallow. Let's move on.
And as it turns out, this introduction is a little longer than I initially planned (I know, I'm wordy!), so I'm calling this my opening ceremonies. Now that you know my plan, I'll be following up with a few blog posts in this lead-up week to the actual Games, noting the athletes I've just decided I really like, as well as some of the sports I'll be following more closely.
So stay tuned! Your not-so-very-comprehensive guide to the Games as watched by Me is coming your way! Get excited!
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