Saturday, February 13, 2010

Easy Day Today!

We didn't have to report until 9:00 am - then we waited for instructions - at 11:00 the whole ladies course crew met - some were sent to do slipping, we just sat and waited for our assignment. At 12:00 pm we headed up to pull up some safety net - because the snow is coming and the nets need to come up so they don't get buried in snow. This only took and a couple of hours - we were down by about 3:00 pm.

It was snowing up on the mountain but raining really heavily in the village. Everything is getting really busy - the bus getting home today was packed - lots of tourists and spectators trying to get around.

They made the decision not to have the Men's downhill at 3:00 AM local time - they needed to make the decision early due to the TV broadcast in Europe. Now the pressure is on to make the race go on Monday as there will be a break in the weather. Safety on the course is above all the greatest concern - after the death of the Luge athlete it is even more important!

Tomorrow is another 9:00 AM morning - is the calm before the storm as we will most likely be up super early on Monday to get the course ready to run the ladies downhill training in the afternoon (after the men's race) - then it is full race mode for a few days to catch up in the schedule.

The agenda for this evening is watching the Olympics at the Olympics - cool eh!! And getting a good nights sleep - could be the last one in a while!

Thanks for following! No pics today - will post them tomorrow. Keep the comments coming - awesome that you are all reading this. It is important to me that I share a piece of this amazing adventure that I am on so that you can all feel a part of it as well!

4 comments:

  1. Hey Jane! Love the pics! The opening ceremonies we soooo great! You must feel so proud to be part of this! Any chance we will see you on camera? Where should we look? XO Elaine

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  2. Hopefully you will have a week full of races now if the weather starts to cooperate!

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  3. Finally back from family day weekend and able to catch up on the blog...pictures are fabulous and sounds like you are having a phenomenal time!
    Miss you and can't wait to read more!

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  4. Great blog Jane: I look forward to the daily updates and pics! Glad to hear that you're having a great time.

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