Olympic Fever

If you get Olympic Fever, you’ve probably wanted to be an Olympian at some point.  However, if you’re not super athletically inclined, it’s probably out of your reach.  Even so, if you’re athletic, the bar has been set so high that it’s difficult for all but the best (or all but the best doped up) to compete.

ESPN has wondered if a regular person could become an Olympian, so they picked someone and have documented her journey.  She’s not a regular athlete, she’s Kathryn Bertine, an Ironman, but that also poses a lot of problems.  She’s used to going massively long distances, so any sprinting is actually really difficult for her.

Still, the series is interesting.  She tries modern pentathlon, handball, and cycling among other things.  Will she get to Beijing?  I’m keeping my fingers crossed.