Today ... another work day

Today started in the dark! That is becoming a habit...... I did some writing before I hit the street for the bus at 4:00 am. I rounded the corner just in time to see my bus head off to Whistler. I sat and waited for the next one and chatted with Mary Ellen as she was on her way to the WOP at the same time. We made our transfer in Whistler and managed to get to WOP just before 6 am which was our start time. I asked Rachel, our scheduler if I could be scheduled for the Biathlon sub-venue tomorrow as it will be the last day for Biathlon competition. She said she would see what she could do and asked me to go to Entry again but then changed me to Ski Jump at the last minute. I was happy as I like the active venues.

I checked in to the Event Services trailer and was assigned to the North zone and my supervisor was the same one I had on my first day in the ski jump. We worked well together and organized our 12 hosts and were ready for the start at 10 am. Today was a Nordic combined event where there is a ski jump , only one, and then the same guys have a go at it on the cross country ski trails. It is very intense as there was a x=Country ski event for the Ladies Relay at 11 am. That meant that the first X-Country event had to egress before the second part of the Nordic Combined could be completed after the first ski jump ..... confused yet? All went as planned but the weather was not in our favour as the winds changed and the rain, snow, fog and almost sun were the calls of the day. They managed the ski jump with a slight delay and re-start with the result being that the end was pushed by 30 minutes and that helped to coordinate the change to the X-Country venue for the balance of the combined race. We cleared the jump zone and we set the security as it was the last event in that sub-venue. It was kind of sad as we said good-bye to some hosts who have fulfilled their commitment to 13 shifts. It is the start of the finish of the Olympics in Whistler. Over the next three days we will close the Biathlon venue (tomorrow) and then on Sunday there will be the final X-Country event in the Callaghan Valley. How did that happen ....

After my shift I took a bus back to Whistler and met Freddi as she finished her second last shift at the Sliding Centre. We went to Gone Eatery for a quiet late lunch and then took the Pemberton bus back home. I stayed on the bus to go to the super market to pick up some steaks for dinner and Gray swung by to pick me up to drive me home. We sat and watched the women’s gold medal hockey event – Go Canada Go again! – and then the men’s ski aerials where we did not do as we expected. It seems that these Olympics are the women’s as they are the ones who are bringing home the gold!

It was a good day and we are about to enjoy a good meal before an early to bed evening for me. Freddi has tomorrow off and will have her final shift on Saturday.
Note: the pics are not associated with today’s activities but are some of interest over the last few days.