Flashes of Panic

I can easily write the bullet points for a classified ad for this job:

• Track geek
• Able to write grammatical English sentences correctly employing athletics jargon
• Able to reliably spell Stuczynski, Isinbayeva, and Gebrselassie

What I can’t come up with is how to write the classified for people who feel how I do this morning. I couldn’t sleep last night—I got one hour between arriving back at the hotel at 1:30 AM and leaving for breakfast at 6:30 AM. Seeing the crowds (seriously, the Bird’s Nest is filling up with excited spectators to watch the marathon on the giant monitors) and the Games volunteers and staff is making me absolutely bubbly—no other word for it—with excitement despite my high level of fatigue.

I’m honestly excited about this race. I’m going to have fun watching it and writing about it. Dig in.

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