Inspired by the Olympians

Not really ... they're all half my age or younger. 

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Or, Libby Callahan (age 56) or John Dane (58).

I've heard (no proof) that the US has some of the oldest athletes with 17 competitors over 40 and five of those are 50 or older.  Gives me hope at age 42 that I can keep on going.

I think the olympics are really inspiring too. I watched last night's womens marathon, 100 meter dash finals, and Michel Phelps winning his 8th gold medal. It was all SO amazing!

This may sound really stupid, but for part of my run today I pretended like I was an elite marathoner (even though their cool-down pace is faster than my sprint-for-my-life pace ). It actually made me run a little faster than I normally do! How is that for corny?

Apparently watching all the hottie swimmers for the past week has me fired up in the pool - I did a pretty fast workout overall yesterday, at least for me (time in my log is approximate and includes rest intervals, if you were to go back and look).