The I-Could've-Sworn-There-Was-Running-In-This-Oh-Look-Here-It-Is!!! Blog - Irish at the Olympics: Day 7

After days of fencing fellatio, canoeing cunnilingus and heavy handball petting, the foreplay of the first six days was done. Day 7 of the Olympics finally brought us to the Olympic Stadium, as the athletics programme kicked off. We didn't have to wait long for a pale figure in an Irish singlet to appear either, as Kilkenny's Joanne Cuddihy went in the first heat of the women's 400m. She was well off her best, but a time of 52.09 seconds was just about good enough to earn a spot in the semis as a fastest loser. She'll be back on the track at 8ish tomorrow.

Less fortunate was Annalise Murphy, who for the first time in the women's Laser Radial finds herself dislodged from the summit of the standings after the second race of the day. Second and tenth place finishes were enough to keep her in the top two, though she now trails Belgium's Evi van Acker by a solitary point. In the 49er class, Seaton and McGovern have four races to make up the two point difference between their current 11th place and a spot in the 10 crew final. O'Leary and Burrows stand in ninth ahead of their medal race on Sunday.

James Espey decided to reach out to fellow strugglers Ger Owens and Scott Flanigan (right) by giving them a barbecue to break the monotony of the whole stupid racing business. They had a wonderful time, and scarcely noticed the fact that the rest of the field has spent the past week disappearing in the horizon - both literally and figuratively.

Tonight, of course, sees plenty more action, as Ciaran O Lionaird goes in the 1500m, and Fionnuala Britton passes the best part of half and hour in the worst possible way, by running 10000m. Surely, unless you've missed a train or something, there's no reason to run that far. There's probably more reason to be prepared to punch someone right in the face - something both Adam Nolan and Michael Conlon will be trying to do this evening. It is Friday, however, so I'll be watching from a local public house; review of those events to come in the morning...