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28 Things I Thought About While Watching Sven Kramer

We were ready, you know. All of us. With a heartbeat so high as if we ourselves had to skate those 5000 meters. And then a lot goes through your mind. A grab.

  1. What a lovely time difference at these Games. No waking up at night to set your alarm. Just sleeping in – well, I don’t, because I was already walking at 04:30. with the puppy to walk, but that aside – and yes, I consider sleeping until 08:00 sleeping in. That says something about me, I know. Just wait until you have three kids. And a baby dog. Just wait.
  2. Oh, that Sven. Does he still think about that wrong exchange? Waking up at night from a scary dream?
  3. First Bloemen. Is it really true that he just smashed a plate with Sven Kramer’s record after he broke that record? Do you know what my grandma called those kinds of people? A nasty young man. By the way, I think he resembles Arnon Grunberg. Nose-wise, I should say. Anyway.
  4. Damn, that Ted-Jan Bloemen is racing well. But Sven has a killer look.
    Oh, Naomi. You would be Naomi van As. You’d go completely crazy in that stands when your loved one has to go and you can’t do anything?
  5. Isn’t she dressed too cold? Just a little shirt?
  6. Ah, there’s the king. Where is Máxima? You want to see this race, right? And who is that woman sitting next to King Willem-Alexander? Is that a lady-in-waiting or something? My beloved’s grandfather would have had a word for that too. A slut. One of those types that turns off the lights in the café. Anyway. Quite cozy.
  7. Just curious about which Games this is for Sven. Let’s wiki it. Tsss. He would make his debut in 2003 in Heerenveen, but couldn’t participate then because he fell down the stairs shortly before and broke his ankle.
  8. Did you know that he shared a hospital room with Rintje Ritsma during that tournament? He also had a broken ankle but because of kitesurfing.
  9. Back to the race. There goes Sven. He’s doing well.
  10. If he wins gold, he will be the first man to win gold three times at this distance.
  11. Nice watch Naomi has on.
  12. Will he make it? Will he make it? Where is Bloemen’s line? This is going to be tight. He has to make this. The commentator says it looks worse than it is, and I’ll just trust that. Oh my heavens.
  13. Can I still pee?
  14. Is everyone around?
  15. History is being made here.
  16. Yessss.
  17. Is throwing children in the air out of joy also an Olympic sport?
  18. What?
  19. Naomi pregnant?
  20. Am I seeing that right?
  21. Oh, it’s a joke.
  22. Because she always calls Sven ‘fat’.
  23. And that fat guy is now a beautiful three-time gold medalist in the 5000 meters.
  24. I find them both even more likable than I already did.
  25. And I am a fan of Sven.
  26. Rhymes
  27. Amen.
  28.  Thursday again.