Sports Update

Many things have been going on as of late in the sporting world. Nothing fabulous enough to warrant its own entry, but enough to get a collective one.

1. Euro 2008 - Spain beat Germany on Sunday night in the final to be crowned champions. The general consensus is not so much that people are pleased that Spain has won, but that Germany has lost. They apparently get away with doing well in these things despite not being good.

2. Wimbledon - Andy Murray, who is Scottish, aka 'British' for support purposes, has magically made it into the quarterfinals. He literally came back from the edge in his last game, which has been much discussed around town. People are most definitely pulling for him. I would of course likewise be cheering for an American man in the quarterfinals, but alas, there are none. But thank goodness for those Williams sisters! I'm just not sure who I like better! Let's go with Venus - she's a 1981-er like myself.

3. Pilates - This is just a personal one, really. I had a substitute pilates teacher today, who started out by explaining that she taught American style pilates instead of English style pilates. I hadn't known there was a difference, so found this news quite exciting. We did rolling like a ball. It was the first time I'd done it in a class. Most of the class struggled and I was, well, rolling like a ball. I felt like I had a grasp of what I was doing. It was fab.

4. Cricket - People are playing test cricket. That's boring so I sort of drift into space when it's being discussed. I think New Zealand might be involved...

5. Running - Mark has volunteered to be part of the SDG team in some Morgan Chase 3.5 mile run next week. He has a white SDG tank. Let's wish him luck. I think we should come up with some inspirational songs for a playlist on his pod. I shall start with anything and everything from the Rocky films and go from there.