Wednesday- A busy day

While my Job is fencing it involves more than travel and fencing. Wednesday exemplified that.

In the morning Cody and I did a demonstration for the City of Colorado Springs. The training center is going to start a whole host of new construction in the near future. They are going to add a bunch of buildings and a lot of new dorms. I am pretty excited to see what happens. This demonstration was part of tour for the City. It gave the 80 people who came a glimpse of the sports we practice, the people who live and work here, and how it all works.

Right after words we got to meet with some of the architects that are helping design the new training center. They wanted to get an idea of what was important to us and our Olympic journey. The meeting lasted only an hour but it turned out great. One of the great things that came out of the meeting was the athletes wanted more environmentally friendly buildings. GE is a big sponsor for the USOC. GE makes a large number of renewable energy and high efficiency building products. We are hoping that the training center in Colorado Springs could be a showcase for that new technology.

After stopping for a quick lunch we were off to rally. 600 1-8th graders had come out to wish us luck in Beijing. One class sung us a Chinese pep song. The school for the deaf and blind presented us with a poster they had made. The coolest part was after all the ceremony the staff let all the kids come down on the floor and talk to the athletes. The kids were all very excited. Most of them didnt bring pens and paper for autographs so I had a lot of requests to sign arms. Overall it was just a great experience. It is nice to know that you have a whole country behind you.

Sometimes all I have to worry about is fencing but other times their seems to be a whole host of other things that I do. Wednesday was one of those days with all the other things.