We just finished watching last week's Berlin World Championships on the BBC. For those of you who don't follow Track and Field (or Athletics as they call it in the UK) the biggest t&f event in the world, outside of the Olympics, was held in Berlin all last week. The big name, as I sure most everyone has heard of, is Usain Bolt - the 6 foot 5 sprinter from Jamaica. He is absolutely amazing! Just broke a bunch of his own World Records and especially slammed the 200m sprint.
Why I'm mentioning all this is because we got to see him in live action in London, the Saturday before we left for Norway! A few weeks back now, we attended the AVIVA London Athletics meet, which was a UK qualifier for the Worlds. It was as last ditch place for teams to qualify for the Worlds and served as a great point to start the build up to the big 100m showdown in Berlin between Bolt and American Tyson Gay and others. The pic here is of the British broadcast woman interviewing Bolt on the track's big screen.
Attending the meet made us miss Eugene sooo much as we went to every single U of O and Prefontaine Classic track meet at historic Hayward field. It's the one sport that we both love and can enjoy together!
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