Track and Field Blogs - Leonel Manzano

Hey Everyone,

I'm finally sorta settled down. So i finally got a chance to come blog.

China is awsome!!! The flight was crazy long and it seemed like i was never going to get any sleep. We showed up to the Olympic Village and it was really hectic trying to get our credentials and going through security. Securtiy is intense. They have two sets of barbed wire fence surrounding the complex with a man stationed every 100m or so.

The next day we flew out to Dalian. Many people had been saying the air quality was bad but in reality the air was really clean. The weather is great the hottest that it has really gotten here is about 85. The Olympic Training center is amazing. We are staying at this resort next to the ocean. It has a golf course, movie theatre, a bowling alley, big swimming pool and a lot of security guards.

Today a couple of us went out to down town Dalian. The chinese people were amazed at us. I guess the fact that we had our own police/swat team escort didnt help. The securtity for us is really tight. Josh McAdams, Lindsey Anderson and I all hung out. We started off by walking into this 5 story building, walking by a place that sold chicken hearts, livers, and squid on skewers. Josh tried to coax me into trying them but it wasnt happening.

We did some light shopping walking through the building unaware that we were being followed by our own personal body guards.

I will try to put up some pics so everyone can see what the complex looks like.

Big shout out to Everyone back home.

And go Team USA