49 Days

Thanks for all the birthday wishes and blog visits yesterday. It was all very much appreciated. Due to the various celebratory events that occurred last night, today's blog will be an abbreviated version. I only hope you can find it in your hearts to somehow forgive me.

49 countries competed in the Summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936, which was more than any other previous Olympics. 49 nations competed in the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics in Yugoslavia as well. Those were the only Winter Games ever to be hosted by a Communist country.

In a study completed about marathon tryouts for the 2004 U.S. Summer Olympic team, 49% of the men vying for a spot on the team did not have a coach. The study was done in an effort to find out more about the sport since it is one in which the U.S. has not been successful.