A Sunny Day in Beijing

Greetings on August 15, the first day of track and field. These events are the ones all of our group has been eagerly awaiting, and we will be going to the stadium in a few minutes for our first event and our first view of the Birdsnest.

The main thing I want to report today is CLEAR AIR! The heavy rainstorm yesterday really did the number on the pollution, because today is beautiful.

This is a view from our hotel, and it is the first time we have seen the sun here. Hurray! I am sure the athletes will also be happy because one of the events tonight is the 10,000 meter race for women, which takes about half an hour to run. This race doesn't start until 10:45 p.m so it will be a long evening!

Wish us well, and Team USA also.

More tomorrow,

Carol