an extract from Times.com
"The biggest challenge Michael Phelps, 23, will face in Beijing will be the clock. And not the one at the pool. With all the final races in swimming moving from their traditional evening time slots to refreshing dips first thing in the morning, Phelps' thorniest adversary will be the alarm clock. "I am far, far from being a morning person," he admits. "If I have a workout at 7:30 a.m., I'm hitting the snooze button at 6:50." Still, even the rise-and-shine races, scheduled for prime-time U.S. television, aren't likely to slow Phelps down. In Beijing, he is again on the blocks to swim up to eight events, giving him another chance to surpass Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Games."