I arrived back into Beijing Thursday and was quickly reminded of how much busier things are here than at our training camp in Dalian. As I mentioned before, there isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done!

This postcard is an example as I am running late for another team meeting in about 5 minutes. Here was my schedule Friday:

5:45 a.m. wake up

6 a.m. depart USA housing facility at athletes’ village

6:30 a.m. depart for Beijing Normal University (USOC headquarters)

7-8 a.m. breakfast

8-9 a.m. treatment and therapy

9:30-11:30 a.m. last throwing practice session

11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. treatment and therapy

12-1 p.m. Lunch

1-3 p.m. rest and recovery

3:30-5 p.m. sprinting and jumps training

5-6 p.m. treatment and therapy

6:30-7:30 p.m. Dinner

8 p.m. depart Beijing Normal for USA housing facility at athletes’ village

9 p.m. team meeting

9:30 p.m. e-mail and postcard updates

10 p.m. lights out

I will make an attempt to give everyone an idea of what it’s like leading up to the qualification and final rounds here in Beijing. Gotta run, catch up with you tomorrow!

Mike