Good morning, as I type this email there are only 11 days until the start of the Beijing Olympics.

We have one more week of hard training, and then we begin to really taper and get super fast. I am not going to know what to do with myself when I am not having to train 4 – 5 hours a day?!

So, did you know...
The Olympic rings represent the 5 continents (ok, you knew that) but did you know about the colours? Those 5 colours in the rings represent every flag in the world because every flag has at least one of those colours in it...
The Olympic moto is Citius, Altius, Fortius which means, swifter, stronger, higher.
There are 28 sports in the Summer Olympics and 38 disciplines within those sports.

So, test yourself this morning and see how far you can remember...Over the last 40 years where have the Olympics taken place? (I got to 1992 then had to google it...)

The Olympics have been in Athens (2004), Australia (2000), Atlanta (1996), Barcelona (1992), Seoul (1988), Moscow (1984), Canada (1980), Munich (1976), Mexico (1972), Tokyo (1968), Italy (1964)... and now Beijing! How exciting!

Training has been going well here, last week was pretty hard, but good. The weather has again been very productive for training and everyone has been super healthy and strong!

Well If you go to www.sascoc.co.za you can read all about the SA Olympic team and any news that is released about the Olympics. And you can find TV times from the SASCOC website or here is the link http://www.sascoc.co.za/default.asp?cid=14073&des=content
My races are basically on between 10 and 11 am... I am Canoe/Kayak, K4 500m.

If you go to www.themockes.com I will be keeping that updated with news and photos...


Keep in touch!

Nikki