3D Hands
When we got back from our vacation, our sleeping and eating schedules were completely off so last Wednesday when the kids still hadn’t eaten dinner at 6:00, despite me asking if they were hungry every ten minutes from 5 o’clock on, we decided not to go to dryland training but forgot to tell Hockey Playing Husband who phoned me at 8:20 to find out where we were.
We were home drawing these:
It's my hand! In 3D!
I’m warning you, it’s addictive.
Chinese Yo Yo
I’m also learning how to do the Chinese Yo Yo, also known as the Diabolo.
So far I can keep it spinning, toss and catch and am working on the swing. Speed skating and Chinese Yo Yo-ing are similar in that you need to concentrate on every aspect of what you’re doing and it’s all about technique.
Also that I’m not very good at either.
Regular People At The Olympics
Someone tweeted out the other day that they should have one regular person compete against the athletes in each competition to give the Olympics perspective (I can no longer find the tweet so if it was you, let me know so I can give you credit and link to your twitter account). I think it’s a brilliant idea. Can you imagine? You enter your name in the sport of your choice and if you’re chosen, you compete with athletes to highlight how amazing they really are and how much regular people suck.
Since that’s not going to happen anytime soon, here’s some real people perspective for you.
The other night our whole family was running timed sprints around the park in front of our house which is approximately 280 m.
American sprinter, Sanya Richards-Ross ran the 400m in 49.55 seconds.
Me running 280m : 1:08.24
I think it could add a whole new dimension to the Olympics.
p.s. The kids and I also made Sharpie tie dyed t-shirts this week.
p.p.s. My sprint time is actually six seconds faster than I ran it last year, so I’ll take it.
I think you coulda beat her. Just sayin.
I should time my 400m sprint time….I wonder what it is. I know I’m not qualifying for the Olympics in this lifetime!
Please do not teach me how to do this—I’m afraid I will be addicted like WHOA.
I don’t know how or what 3D hands are, but it sounds safer than trying to match anyone doing anything at the Olympics.
Ha! It’s like those machines that measure how fast you throw a baseball. I tried it once, threw it with all my might, and it was like 20 mph or something like that.