Always look on the bright side of life (and whistle!)

Well howdy folks. Are you sad that the Olympics are over for another two years? Only that long until the next tape delayed coverage of an Olympics from Sochi. With a ten hour time difference (seven with the London Games) it will even be harder to see live coverage of an event. Get your sleep patterns changed now!

I did thoroughly enjoy the opening and closing ceremonies. Paul McCartney was a little campy which turned me off at the start but seeing Prince Harry and Dutchess Katherine bobbing in their seats to Monty Python makes me understand that the future Royals will not be sticks in the mud when it comes to public appearances. Always look on the Bright Side of Life!

Speaking of changing sleep patterns, Are you ready for another early morning trot? For those that would like to try out Bowness, Blood and Guts, Shouldice Park, Douglas Fir Trail, and perhaps all the way to Mallard Point (if you get to where that is you have gone really far) - or perhaps you want to just come out for a short five km...Let's meet at the above Bowness Park next to the ice cream stand for an 8 am ish departure. With 28 km under my belt last week the above might just happen!

Good luck to Jody up in Edmonton this weekend. She is off to the Derby half in preparation for the Lausanne Marathon. Go girl go!!!

With the Olympics there always seems to be some form of overanalysis on everything. I think they are missing out on the 10-80-10 rules that we all understand, some great, some terrible, but mostly okay. Our buddy Greg shared an interesting story from the NY Times that showed the evolution of the 100 metre dash. The story is called One Race, Every Medallist Ever and shows the progression of the sport and where we are currently. I think Archie Below is what I would look like as a sprinter. The spandex of today is not my thing...give Archie a poke to see the story.

Would Archie Andrews have been this good?

do you think you LOOK like an Olympian? The BBC via April Clay at www.bodymindmotion.com have calculated which British Olympian you most likely resemble. Don't think you have an Olympian figure? Well you can see what COUNTRY your body resembles...I never knew I looked like a man from Turkmenistan! Hell, I don't even know where that is...

Is this your cat? Would it pass a drug test?

And finally on the Olympic front, Multiple medallist Mo Farah of Great Britain had some very memorable faces as he crossed the finish line of his races, winning gold in both the 5000 and 10000 metre races. Just think, his 10000 metre time is probably around 4 km at our pace He is 2.5 times faster! No, we are not slow, we just like to smell the roses...



You can never get too much Monty Python! Run away, run away!

Have a great weekend