We spent a little over five hours last night watching some of the best track and field athletes in the world run, vault and throw heavy objects last night at the Reebok Grand Prix on Randall’s Island.
Full report later, but the best was saved for last: the men’s 100 metres, in which Jamaica’s Usain Bolt broke the world record. So we saw the fastest man ever recorded, running about fifty feet in front of us. Very exciting stuff. I’m hooked on track meets now.
I’m off for a 20 miler with 5 at race pace. Ugh.
More later, after pancakes.
Races Like a Girl 
‘k, that just makes my 7 seem pitiful.
Glad the meet was all that! I love live non-professional (as in, football, basketball, etc.) sports of all types. Very human in scale, so exciting to see in person.