Day 3 - Just Keep Swimming

August 9th.

One thing that you gain a real appreciation for by doing this is just how much sport goes on at a games. Sadly you also realise how little of it we measure here.

We've had amazing athletes from all over the world cycling and rowing and shooting and fighting and dancing and doing incredible things in the gymnastics arena and I'm stuck with nothing but swimming still.

Thankfully we're now almost halfway towards day 7 when we get something else to measure so stick with me, it gets more interesting from there on out.

Today's swimming schedule brought us an additional 35,600m to bring us to 171,000m so far, leaving Rio 8,400m ahead of London at this stage.

Totals:

Swimming: 171,000m
Running: 0m
Jumping: 0m
Throwing: 0m

Total: 171,000m

Hero of the day:

Each and every one of the competitors in the Archery, a sport simultaneously relaxing and gripping to watch. I'm just sorry we don't count it.

We'll be back tomorrow with more damn swimming.

R

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