I’ll admit it I went a bit MIA this morning. Donald and I were both due to head to the triathlon this morning. I was heading to my room at 2:30 this morning and the idea of another early start just killed me, so I sent him a text. “Not going to tri, enjoy”. I’d had multiple late night early starts and know my snaps will suffer if I keep at it like that. Donald was all psyched about trying to get a camera in the water and I would rather be at an event on my own for once. We’ve been doing some major events en masse for a few days. So I bagged it, sorry Si. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
I think most photogs have two points in the Games, one where they need to sleep in order to finish strong and one where they need to blow off a little steam. That was my need to some sleep moment.
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
I’m heading to the velodrome today for the first time this Games. It’s a favorite of mine but is usually hard to get to because I’m at the athletics so much. As I said before I’m a bit of a cycling geek and enjoyed racing on the velodrome as a Masters racer. I was never much good on road races. My excuse is I’m 6’4” and 200lbs so the skinny little climbers would kill me. On the velodrome I got to beat up on them a little. Pack racing on the velodrome is a bit like NASCAR with pedals. It is so much fun.
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
It’s nice to see how it should be done at the Olympic level. The Brits set a new WR in the 4000m team pursuit, I was in Sydney when the Germans first broke 4 minutes, if memory serves me.
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
