My alarm went off at 4:40am today. We were to be loading at 6am. so an early start was required. The on hill stuff happens 24hrs a day right now. The big event is now only 1 day away! One small problem: they are calling for 40cm of snow on Friday, so the word on the street right now is that the downhill won't go until Tuesday. I skied my first run wearing a headlamp, just to be able to see the snow.
I've been very close to the athletes many times. I walked along side Rob Boyd yesterday. He's the womens coach. On the ride up this morning in the dark, I was joined by two female racers from France. At the end of the day, coming off the hill we all walked out beside Britt Janyk. Actually, the athletes even share the same breakfast tent with us!! Tonight at the Weasel House, I spotted Jan Hudec.
Today was training run #2 and was completed sucessfully. The ladies were also running training today, so since both courses share the same finish, and the men's finish was moved up to slalom start. As the racers pasted the make shift finish line, they had to come to a stop right in front of our section. It was fun to watch the Canadians come down. Robbie Dixon was 2nd to go, followed by Eric Guay, Manny went 15th and Jan Hudec went 38th. Other Canadians to run today were Louis-Pierre Helie, Tyler Nella, Ryan Semple (no, not Stemple) and last but not least Michael Janyk.
The highlight of the day was when we spotted the RCMP officer perched way up in a tree. Look at the pictures to see this. There is security here like you've never seen before, even in the trees and on every corner.
We were dismissed early today due to weather and the fact that the training run was a success. Off to Weasel House to unwind, home for diner and off to bed.
New pictures have been uploaded. I'm working on getting my videos upload. I was able to m 2 gates for most of the Canadians, Bode Miller and Didier Cuche today.
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