Today we wrapped up Olympic swimming until 2012, and it was monumental.
Everyone and their brother are talking about Michael Phelp’s 8th Gold Medal. And congrats to him. I’ll let everyone else comment on that accomplishment, as I have already discussed Phelps enough here.
What was also monumental tonight was that another race was decided by 1/100th of a second, the Women’s 50m Freestyle. Again, the result included an American. But this time, the American got Sliver. Still, props to Dara Torres for that Silver, she deserved it. She is another “crazy” person by my standards, she busted out three Silver medals in her sixth Olympic appearance since 1988. But she is not why I am posting.
I am posting because of 1/100th of a second. Because twice the difference between Gold and Silver was 1/100th of a second! I see an inspirational poster coming on… “Make every fraction of a second count, it could be the difference between success and failure, a win or a loss, your dream accomplished or missed, Gold or Silver”.
These two races, each with the same miniscule time difference but two different outcomes, highlight how we as a people should make every moment count. Even those 1/100ths of a second.
1/100th of a second… again
Today we wrapped up Olympic swimming until 2012, and it was monumental.
Everyone and their brother are talking about Michael Phelp’s 8th Gold Medal. And congrats to him. I’ll let everyone else comment on that accomplishment, as I have already discussed Phelps enough here.
What was also monumental tonight was that another race was decided by 1/100th of a second, the Women’s 50m Freestyle. Again, the result included an American. But this time, the American got Sliver. Still, props to Dara Torres for that Silver, she deserved it. She is another “crazy” person by my standards, she busted out three Silver medals in her sixth Olympic appearance since 1988. But she is not why I am posting.
I am posting because of 1/100th of a second. Because twice the difference between Gold and Silver was 1/100th of a second! I see an inspirational poster coming on… “Make every fraction of a second count, it could be the difference between success and failure, a win or a loss, your dream accomplished or missed, Gold or Silver”.
These two races, each with the same miniscule time difference but two different outcomes, highlight how we as a people should make every moment count. Even those 1/100ths of a second.