My brother-in-law lives in Tokyo and works around the Olympics. He was saddened by the lack of any urgency rolling out the vaccination process in the knowledge this was coming. It’s so hierarchical getting a decision made.
Agree athletics more than any other sport is suffering because of the...
I’m now two stone heavier than I was then! Need to train! Will do a race next year if you fancy. Would be a good target.
Swimming’s my favourite (bad knees) and I get worse throughout the race! Live in London now but mid Sussex works.
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Oh no. Shows how finely tuned training is all the preparation you can do but the emotional strain and distress must be so mentally scrambling. I get nervous playing a stranger at pool in a pub.
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Similar GB. I really enjoyed them. I did IM and promptly gave up! Training put me off. Will get back into shorter races as a veteran! More realistic training.
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Camaraderie in this Olympics has been one of my favourite things. Everyone has been through so many tough times. So much mutual respect.
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It’s that thing about drafting in the water, bike or run. You can be 20 seconds ahead and a group forms behind you on the swim or bike, especially, and you can be reeled back in by one specialist in and then overrun by another hanging onto their coattails.
This one is surely here to stay. It’s...
I knew it was a test event a while back but didn’t realise they’d introduced it. It’s such a good event to watch.
That team is so ridiculously good. Like cross country at school where you add up their places. 2+2+4+5= 13. That’s hard to beat.
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