Track and Field Blogs - Trey Hardee

i have left north america for the first time in my life. i am officially 13 hours from US Central time. there hasn't been anything to traumatic so far, except the 11 1/2 hour flight from san francisco to beijing. but that was a small price to pay for the priviledge. the chinese are pulling out all of the stops. putting on a smile with every task they perform. in the village, i've seen more volunteers and workers than i have athletes and coaches. the size of the city is hidden by the sleepy bus rides and greenery around the highway. the traffic in and around the compound is very light. (and we drove through at rush hour)

since arriving at the olympic village, i've since moved to Dalian (the usoc/track and field training site) it took an hour flight and about 4 hours of waiting around to get here. and i'll will remain here for a week or so, until the opening ceremonies.

the USOC/IOC have some strict rules about athletes blogging about their experience, so i need to read up a little more on what i can and cannot report on. but let me know what you'd like to know on my site TREYHARDEE.COM and i'll see what i can do to get you the answers!

take care and God bless the USA.