Olympic Spirit in Lake Placid

Joe and I spent last night in Lake Placid. It was fantastic. The spirit of the olypics was just amazing. I love being in Lake Placid. It is one of my favorite places to be especially when there is a large athletic event going on. There were people out playing hockey on the ice, they had both the Canadian and American tv stations so you got lots of olympic reports. At the Lake Placid Pub and Brewery they had a new beer named for all of the local athletes in the olympics called Local Gold which was fantastic. It happened that there was a little snow flurry this morning when I went for my run around Mirror Lake too. The snow felt nice and soft under my feet. The crunch of the snow was something I love to hear. Plus, there were so many runners out around the lake - I miss seeing others runners out when I go for a run. Everyone was so friendly and excited about the games. More people than usual were headed to the Mt VanHovenberg Olympic complex and Whiteface Mountain too. The olypmic speed skating oval was busy with people trying out their abilities on the ice. It was a fun place to be during a really exciting time in the world.

On another note, since the olympics have been on, I have loved watching while on my trainer. Watching people race makes me push even harder on the bike which has been hard for me to do otherwise. I do wish we had more snow so that Joe and I could head out on the cross country skis!!! I do miss cross country skiing.

Gotta go and do my second workout of the day!! My bicycle is calling for my attention! Enjoy the olympics everyone, I know I am.