O Canada!

This team is on fire! We started off Day two finals with our first gold medal of the Games by butterfly rocket Mackenzie Downing. Audrey Lacroix just missed a medal in a solid 4th place finish. We had a whole bunch of great swims and pbs throughout the night, including my own in the 50 back. That's gotta be the first time I've done two pb's in a backstroke event in one day in at least 10 years. No joke. So needless to say I'm pretty happy with that. To finish off the night the men's 4x100 free relay had the race of their lives to finish second. It was so exciting and intense as they pulled off a come-from-behind silver medal finish. They're take-overs were so good that we were a little nervous in the stands until they announced the results were official. Way to go guys! We've got four more days of competition to go and momentum on our side. Can't wait to see what else we can do.

This morning we had another solid prelims with lots of swimmers advancing to the finals tonight. I've got today off and will use it to rest up and get ready for the 100 back tomorrow. I've got speed on my side right now so hopefully it will translate into good things. I'm not sure if I'll stick around and watch finals live tonight or head back to the village and watch on tv. It's good to get out of the heat but I'm not sure if it will be shown on tv or not, so I'll make the call later on tonight.

Anyways village life is good and we're on a roll in the pool. Anytime you are in a Games situation you know to expect the unexpected and this experience is no different. We've all pretty much adjusted to the heat and settled into our routines so it's pretty smooth sailing. And you know you've got it good when you're biggest worry for the day is that you've just finished your fourth book of the trip and need to find another to read.

Until next time... Go Canada!