It is now 4:00 AM, and once again I am wide awake, ready to start another long day of training and program preparation. I can’t seem to get on the right sleep schedule, but I feel fine otherwise. Lots of vitamins and coffee seem to do the trick. Yesterday we spent the day in a bus touring Beijing and the various Olympic venues. It was exciting to see the Olympic Green, the massively-sized National Stadium and Aquatic Center, the tower where the torch will be lit, the baseball fields and basketball arena, all in place and ready for the onslaught. We finished early, so the bus dropped us at the Silk Street market - a huge indoor marketplace filled with row upon row of knock-off shoes, clothing, bags, luggage, jewelry. One hour in there was more
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