I’m not going to lie…… I’m exhausted it was a long arse week that included about a day of Overtime and a day out of town delivering some conference items to another office that greatly cut into my Olympic watching time. I still managed a very impressive watch list for those days but the Olympic exhaustion due to the time zone change hit me hard yesterday. While in a meeting with my boss I could feel myself sinking and at one point he said “Marcy are you ok?” I immediately perked up and said yeah why. His response “I think your battery just ran out. Go home!” So I did. I then fell asleep on the couch for about 2 hours. Woke up feeling just awful, as I typically do after a nap – I suck at nap taking apparently. However it was a recharge I guess I needed to watch the Platform Diving semis, and some indoor volleyball, the end of a marathon, and some track and field during the night time coverage of the events.
The best thing about this Olympics being postponed, yes I found something positive about waiting a year …. Is that now the next Olympic games in Paris, France are even closer. . Right now the games are scheduled for July 26 – August 11 in 2024.3 years to prepare instead of 4 …. So yeah that’s a good thing, well for me not the athletes.
Random closing thoughts on this Olympic Cycle:
1.
Americans are spoiled – a medal is
a medal. Sure no one grows up waiting a bronze medal but damn a Bronze is still
pretty freaking fantastic. It’s time we stop that if it’s not a Gold it doesn’t
matter mentality. Top 3 in the world is still awesome, top 2 is good and the
top of the heap with that Gold is Amazing when you think about what all it took
to get to these milestones, even without a global Pandemic, is what should be
celebrated. Americans please do better.
2.
Mental Health – Don’t get me wrong
… I’m glad that athlete’s are able to express themselves and are able to have
their voices be heard when it matters and I hope that one day they won’t even
be required to make a statement after something happens or they feel the need
to pull out of an event. I do wonder if the “stars” of these sports weren’t the
ones doing it would it be hitting in the same manner. If say the girl who was
say 15th in the world vs #1 was having the same conversation would we
be listening. Sadly I think the answer is no. So let’s keep working on this
guys.
3.
Lots of first-time winners – Usually first
time Olympians are there for the experience. They often get overwhelmed by the
pressure and the just overall feeling of the moment they are in and yet this
year there have been a lot more first-time winners than we have seen in past
Olympics. So kids are either being better trained or are just getting lucky or
they are just cocky and thus the moment isn’t as overwhelming. I personally
think the pressure isn’t as high cause I mean most people do two maybe 3 rounds
of Olympic games (depending on the sport) and so these “younger kids” know this
will not be their only opportunity to medal and stay more relaxed.
4.
GOAT – The term “G.O.A.T” is way overused. There
are athletes that deserve that recognition and I’d argue that even getting to
the Olympics means you are the best of the best for your Country but not every
athlete can be the “greatest of all time” cause if they are then they cancel
one another out. They can be the greatest of their sport … maybe.. greatest for
that moment in time, but years ago people would have said say Shannon Miller
gets that distinction or Usain Bolt but their records are being shattered left
and right. I just feel like we need to calm down with that distinction just a
little bit and enjoy the athletes for what they are bringing to their individual
sports without adding that moniker to their shoulders. Just saying.
5.
Sports I missed – I have watched
more Soccer this year than in years past …. Not really sure why other than it
seemed for a while that every time I turned on my various devices it was on my
TV. That being said there are sports that I LOVE that I missed this year. Take
Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline Gymnastics, two really awesome sports to
follow and watch but that never made it to my eyeballs this year and that makes
me sad. I also didn’t get to watch the new Surfing competition but I’m not too
chuffed about that. Sport Climbing I caught a glimpse of while they did a news around
the games update but didn’t really watch the competition. Sailing, Golf, and
Athletics were the same way but again I wasn’t too sad about missing these. Overall
tho I saw more than I missed so I’m happy with my 2020/2021 Olympic experience.
Marcy
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