Riley, The Olympic Dog

Saturday morning we took Riley to her very first Olympic event, the Men's Road Race. She loved it! All three seconds of it. We stood on Brompton Road down by Beauchamp Place and had a great unobstructed, uncrowded view of the race as it flew by. We saw the lead police escort, the racers and the support vehicles with their extra bikes, wheels and tires. Our view of the event was very, very short because it was about three minutes into the race so all of the riders were clumped together. Except for one lone rider from Russia who came a minute or two after everyone else. Not sure what happened there but he was met with rousing applause as he rode by, all alone. Even though it was short, it was rather thrilling knowing we were seeing an Olympic event fly by. Three seconds of the Olympics is still rather moving and meaningful, and seeing as how it was my first ever in person Olympic event made it even more exciting. After the race was over (at least for us, they returned on the way back but we didn't see it) we walked up Brompton Road enjoying the car free street. Riley had a great morning, and I think was quite grateful we took her to the Olympics in her own backyard. Now she wants an Olympic t-shirt and pin for her collection.