A Dad's Diary by Clayton Frech - August 15th, 2021
Photo of Ezra Frech
Hello friends and family,
Today I decided to document the road to Tokyo for everyone… I will try (?) to publish daily updates from now through Tokyo. I am a writer in my core. It’s how I think. How I express. So I write.
For those who don’t know, in late June my 16-year-old son, Ezra made the US Paralympic Track and Field Team that is heading to Tokyo. In fact, he’s the youngest member of the TF team this year.
We leave this Friday at 6 am, less than five days away… I am blessed to go as Ezra’s chaperone because he’s still a minor.
Yesterday, I spent a huge amount of time trying to understand all of the rules, apps, and requirements for entry into Japan. This is incredibly complex… honestly, it was stressing me out… a lot. We get emails from many sources, multiple per week… sometimes per day. So it’s really hard to stay current…
And tonight I still have a couple of hours of reading to be up on the Tokyo 2020 Playbook among other items.
Yesterday we Ordered some extra cell chargers, Japan plug converters, and thermometers… Amazon is pretty amazing to deliver in less than 24 hours… Ezra got a sports massage and said he felt super limber…
Ezra is sleeping at 3/4 am, and not waking up until 3/4 pm it’s a crazy schedule. Bahar and I leave a second dinner for him before we go to bed.
A couple of weeks ago he phased out his two-a-day workouts… still doing four to five days a week on the track. And after a rest day today, tomorrow we are back on the track. Actually a working session with our prosthetist Thomas from Hanger Clinic.
So that’s the update today!
Clayton
This post was pulled from Angel City Sport’s founder, Clayton Frech’s personal Facebook account.