The Fierce Five is interrupting our sleep. When the human pogo stick, McKayla Maroney stuck that one and only vault yesterday after nearly scraping the ceiling, Baleen and I were done for, the needed 9pm bedtime forgotten as memories of Cold War rivalries returned: the Rooshians versus five American teenage girls.
As NBC broadcast the old VHS tapes of little McKayla Maroney prancing about, Baleen and I did a little math. To become an Olympian at 16 means countless hours of practice. Maybe 3 a day starting at 10 for 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, and a little over a thousand hours before that. That's 5,000 hours of practice. All for five vaults over five days. Which just makes that 16.233 that McKayla stuck last night, which should have been a 16.5, which would have meant a perfect 10.0 by the old scoring standard, all the more impressive.
We don't think we'll push The Dragon Boss toward gymnastics. That math is a little scary, as seen in the parents of all the gymnasts shown on TV except for cool as ice Gabby Douglas' family, even if mom thinks he might look good in a snug pair of tights. We better start watching rowing.
As NBC broadcast the old VHS tapes of little McKayla Maroney prancing about, Baleen and I did a little math. To become an Olympian at 16 means countless hours of practice. Maybe 3 a day starting at 10 for 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, and a little over a thousand hours before that. That's 5,000 hours of practice. All for five vaults over five days. Which just makes that 16.233 that McKayla stuck last night, which should have been a 16.5, which would have meant a perfect 10.0 by the old scoring standard, all the more impressive.
We don't think we'll push The Dragon Boss toward gymnastics. That math is a little scary, as seen in the parents of all the gymnasts shown on TV except for cool as ice Gabby Douglas' family, even if mom thinks he might look good in a snug pair of tights. We better start watching rowing.
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