Silver Simon.

I haven't written in awhile b/c I've been busy being a mom. And unfortunately, I haven't even been able to watch the olympic coverage.. until Monday night. I had to watch the Men's Triathlon final b/c our own Simon Whitfield would be racing and I knew he would be a medal contender. You see, this is Simon's 3rd olympics and I hope you remember his gutsy performance 8 years ago in Sydney that basically put Canadian triathlon on the map. Many people have said that Simon was getting too old and his career was pretty much done. Well, this 34-year old has shown that he's still a well-oiled machine and that he can race with the best of them. Simon never gave up during the entire race and when he threw his hat down to start the last 200 meters of the race, I thought, "GO!!!" as I cheered him on from my sofa.

I actually met Simon in person at a Nike run a few years ago. A totally cool guy. I respect the fact that not only is he a fierce competitor, but at the same time has complete respect for his competitors. If you read his blog: http://simonwhitfield.blogspot.com , you'll find that he accidentally bumped into Jan Frodeno, (the Gold medalist), the next day and asked to get a picture together. Totally down to Earth.

Congrats Simon. You make me proud to be Canadian.

PS: Hats off also to Colin Jenkins who boosted Simon along the way. What a team player.