As I write it's 1346 days to go before the London Olympics.
Does that sound like a lot or a little to you?
On Monday's Inside Sport, we're interviewing Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee. It's the only interview he's giving while he visits London. He'll be in town to attend a meeting where those who ran the Beijing Olympics pass on their hard earned knowledge to the organisers of London 2012, who've already stepped up a gear since the 2008 Games ended.
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A couple of years ago the build-up to Sports Personality Of The Year was underway accompanied by rather glum mood music. A lot of people were writing that nobody deserved to win the main award, and it had been a year of British sporting failure. Darren Clarke was installed as the pre-event favourite, but in the end Zara Phillips galloped home - to the pleasure of many and the irritation of others.
In 2007 there was another upset. Lewis Hamilton was thought to be in the lead entering the final straight, but the public chose Joe Calzaghe instead - which generally speaking pleased the people who hadn't been Zara fans.
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