Pictures from today and info for tomorrow

Pentathlon has ups and downs. Today, Sheila had a pretty solid day and was sitting well until the riding event. It was a fairly high course (max height of the jumps was 4 feet), and she had trouble getting her horse going from the start. Mickey moved up a couple places in riding and then ran into 3rd place to win an Olympic qualifying slot. This is Mickey's first time qualifying for the Olympics, and needless to say she is very happy.

Dennis and I spent the morning relaxing and trying to catch buses to the women's competition. After several attempts; we did make it out, but only in time to watch the ride and run. Dennis has been feeling a bit under the weather with a cold so please keep him in your prayers everyone.

Below are some pics from today. I have some video that I am going to probably post tomorrow because it takes a while to load.

It is 8pm Rio time and I am getting eaten alive by mosquitoes while posting this blog. Dennis and I have had intermittent hot water in our rooms which will make it interesting to do the age old ritual of shaving down (all you former swimmers out there know exactly what I mean). We also have to pack for the competition tomorrow and make sure that everything is in working order. Because we are competing so far from the village and the competition will move so rapidly, it is pretty important to have everything packed in such a way as to have a smooth transition between events tomorrow.

So tomorrow we will start with shooting at about 9am Rio time (8 Eastern, 6 Mountain). Then we go right to fencing at about 10am. From there, we swim at 1pm, ride at 2:30 and run at 4:50pm. That means it will all be over by 4pm Eastern and 2pm Mountain time. Cami is planning on updating the blog with results as fast as she can. I have a cell phone here and will call her after every event with an update. Hopefully this will work and we can get everyone results in a timely manner.

That is all for tonight folks. Thanks for your prayers!

Eli