Anyone who is paying any attention to the Olympics has heard that swimmer Michael Phelps is trying to break Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals in one Olympiad. This involves 17 races over seven days and he usually has at least three swims per day. As an example, here’s his itinerary for Wednesday:
6:30am – Wake Up
6:45am – Breakfast
7:30am – Bus to Pool
7:45am – Arrive at Pool
8:00am – Stretch
8:30am – 2400M Warm Up
10:18am – 200 Fly Final
10:30am – Warm Down 1000M
10:59am – 200 Fly Medal Ceremony
11:16am – 4×200 Free Relay Final
11:30am – Warm Down 300m
11:38am – 4×200 Free Medal Ceremony
11:55am – Warm down 800m
12:15pm – Press Conference
12:45pm – Doping Control Test
1:45pm – Bus to Olympic Village
2:00pm – Lunch
2:30pm – Rest
4:00pm – Team Meeting
5:00pm – Bus to Pool
5:15pm – Arrive at Pool
5:30pm – Stretch
5:45pm – Warm up 2400M
8:55pm – 200IM Prelim
9:10pm – Warm down 800M
9:45pm – Bus to Olympic Village
10:00pm – Dinner
11:00pm – Bed
Imagine doing that for a week straight!
