Today I saw my first ever Olympic event – one minute of the men’s 150 mile bike road race. It passed near my house. Here is my shaky video of the Peleton racing past. You can get a sense of the atmosphere, which was tremendous. And you can get a sense of how fast these guys were going by how fast the chase cars are rolling behind them — which is noticeably faster than the speed limit on the road. And this was 130 miles into the race.
And yes, it was fantastic.
Fantastic. In the end I stayed up and watched this on TV. Finished sometime after 3.00 am in NZ.
Okay, this is going to label me a real dink, but that sort of choked me up for some reason.
Hahahaha, Dana, I’m glad I’m not the only one!
You’re not the only one. If I watch the video I’ll get choked up again.
Something like a million people came out to cheer the riders on. That’s worth getting choked up over.
That quick flash of the riders really had me verklempt.
And that quick flash included Bradley Wiggins, winner of the Tour de France, near the front of the peleton.
I stayed up (all night) last night and watched the Cross Country Equestrian event.
I am such a patriotic fool, every time I saw a Kiwi rider, my eyes filled up. I love these games soooooo much. Four years can seem like such a long time to wait.