The 1908 London Olympics weren't supposed to happen. They were supposed to be the 1908 Rome Olympics. But, with the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 1906, the location was changed from Rome to London. London had just two years to pull off the entire thing. Because the 1908 London Olympics are a thing, we know … Continue reading 1908 Olympics
Olympic History
London Thinking
Thus far, I’ve traveled from Athens to Paris, and from Paris to St. Louis. I’m now on the mission to travel from St. Louis to London. I had heard of the London Marathon. Popularity didn't quite mean difficulty to get into, like Boston Marathon, but for all I knew it could be. In 2018, I … Continue reading London Thinking
Olympian Dreaming
Since I had the idea to chronicle this goal to run the Olympics, I’ve been at a loss with what to call it. Olympic running? Olympic dreaming? Olympic scheming? Things like that already exist, or just weren’t memorable or catchy enough. Nobody cares if you dream of the Olympics – everyone does. As I began … Continue reading Olympian Dreaming
1904 Olympics
Early on, the Olympics were not the well-oiled machine that they are today. The 1904 Olympics repeated mistakes from the 1900 Olympics, and actually piggy-backed off of the more popular World's Fair. But they still happened. https://youtu.be/VMLTQIfvehE They took place over four and a half months, and though these Games were sort of lost in … Continue reading 1904 Olympics
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