Colin, Paul, and Brent say....
Last night was the opening ceremonies. Joel, Michael, Gillian, Paul, and I were the ones representing Triathlon. The rest decided to stay back to rest up. We were a bit worried that there would be a lot of standing and waiting but that wasn’t the case.
We were police-escorted in a huge bus convoy. There were people lining the bus route to wave to all us athletes. In no time we made it to the huge Melbourne Cricket Grounds (MCG) but we were ushered into another stadium right beside it to get organized and wait. All countries made there was in and were given instructions on what to do. They had some of the opening ceremonies showing on the screens and Paul and I played a game of cribbage to pass the time. We also memorized the Geelong Football team theme song…it is great!
WE ARE GEELONG
THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL
WE ARE GEELONG
WE’RE ALWAYS ON THE BALL
WE PLAY THE GAME AS IT SHOULD BE PLAYED
OUR BANNERS FLY HIGH
FROM DAWN TO DARK
DOWN AT KARDINIA PARK!
When it was our turn we made our way through a maze to the MCG, when we made it to the stadium we were basically up next and we walked immediately in. It was pretty incredible walking into a stadium that big with so many people there. We all walked by the Queen and then watched the rest of the show on the ground. To finish it off was the amazing fireworks that lit up the sky.
The show has received rave reviews in all the news here. I was really happy that I went and experienced it.
Paul says: There are only 2 days to go until the race. Today we went down to the race course and did some final reconaissance. The course looks really good once it’s all set up and closed to traffic. They even had all the volunteers out for a dry run. The boys are ready to put on a good show. Me and Colin will be going for lots of camera time on the bike. If we do our job well, you won’t get to see Brent at all (neither will the wind). This is the most excited I have ever been for a race. I am really looking forward to it.
Brent says:
Things have been going really well in the last week and we are all excited to race. I decided to pass on the opening ceremonies to conserve my energy and keep my prep on line. They showed the opening ceremonies on big screen they have in the village with lawn chairs so I didn’t miss everything. The cycling team didn’t attend either but did a march around the village loop.
We have just two more tune up workouts tomorrow before race day. Feeling strong tomorrow but not too good is key. Then Saturday will be go time.
Cheers,
Brent
We were police-escorted in a huge bus convoy. There were people lining the bus route to wave to all us athletes. In no time we made it to the huge Melbourne Cricket Grounds (MCG) but we were ushered into another stadium right beside it to get organized and wait. All countries made there was in and were given instructions on what to do. They had some of the opening ceremonies showing on the screens and Paul and I played a game of cribbage to pass the time. We also memorized the Geelong Football team theme song…it is great!
WE ARE GEELONG
THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL
WE ARE GEELONG
WE’RE ALWAYS ON THE BALL
WE PLAY THE GAME AS IT SHOULD BE PLAYED
OUR BANNERS FLY HIGH
FROM DAWN TO DARK
DOWN AT KARDINIA PARK!
When it was our turn we made our way through a maze to the MCG, when we made it to the stadium we were basically up next and we walked immediately in. It was pretty incredible walking into a stadium that big with so many people there. We all walked by the Queen and then watched the rest of the show on the ground. To finish it off was the amazing fireworks that lit up the sky.
The show has received rave reviews in all the news here. I was really happy that I went and experienced it.
Paul says: There are only 2 days to go until the race. Today we went down to the race course and did some final reconaissance. The course looks really good once it’s all set up and closed to traffic. They even had all the volunteers out for a dry run. The boys are ready to put on a good show. Me and Colin will be going for lots of camera time on the bike. If we do our job well, you won’t get to see Brent at all (neither will the wind). This is the most excited I have ever been for a race. I am really looking forward to it.
Brent says:
Things have been going really well in the last week and we are all excited to race. I decided to pass on the opening ceremonies to conserve my energy and keep my prep on line. They showed the opening ceremonies on big screen they have in the village with lawn chairs so I didn’t miss everything. The cycling team didn’t attend either but did a march around the village loop.
We have just two more tune up workouts tomorrow before race day. Feeling strong tomorrow but not too good is key. Then Saturday will be go time.
Cheers,
Brent
posted by Colin at 10:32 AM
3 Comments:
Paul,
"Onoshobishobi Ingelosi Paul T"
First with your head and then with your heart...
Go hard.
love, dad
God Speed to all Team Canada - our thoughts will be with you all on the race course - do your best and do us proud - hoping to see a sea of red and white leading the way!!
GO CANADA............ enjoy the moment.
Thanks Coach Joel - hope you didn't buy them too many Magnums.
JJ
Gotta love the Geelong chant. There are tons of Geelong fans there. Unfortunatley, i'm a St Kilda guy myself. Footy is such a great sport.
But to the more important topic. We're here at PacificSport checking the Melbourne website, and it shows that you'll be racing at around 230 our time..so at that point i'll be refreshing the screen every second, hoping to see some red flags at the top. Good luck ladies and gents...we're all thinking of you!!
Jarret
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