i spent the weekend in sunny wonderful interesting Austin, Texas (home of Lance) for the first leg of the Balance Bar Adventure Race Series, Adventure Sprints.
this is my other job, but i kinda wish it were my real job. i'm the timing director for the sprint races, which means it's my responsibility to make sure that every team's time is recorded accurately and published onto the web ASAP. i handle the race database, making sure the racers are in the right categories, that their names are listed correctly, and their time is associated with their team name as they cross the line. its really not that hard of a job in that respect, but it is still challenging.
its not often at my real job that i find myself dehydrated, running across wooden structures, avoiding fire ants, building mud pits, or managing volunteers. those are the parts of this job that i love.
it is such a dynamic environment and each member of the crew is hard-working and ready to help each other out for the sake of the event. as the Timing Director, it is not in my contract to carry wood scraps to the dumpster, or to push athletes up a 20-foot wall, or to help hold down a giant tent as the wind tries to uproot it, but those are exactly the kind of things that everyone is expected to do, that everyone loves doing. it is just so much fun. if i could do this year-round, i would in a heartbeat. maybe i should move to Colorado or Oregon, maybe that would help things along.
in case you were wondering, the results for the Austin race are here.