We woke up this morning to 20-cm of fresh snow!! All we could think of was skiing the fresh powder that covered Whistler Blackcomb.
It was a slow day in the media centre and on the hill. The storm that brought us all the fresh snow also brought fog. Training runs continued to be rescheduled all day. First 11 a.m, then 12, then 1, then 2 and by three they called it a day; canceling all training runs.
In the Downhill discipline of Apline Skiing, racers get at least one run on the course before race day. They can have up to three, but a minimum of one is required. Yesterday we only got through 90 racers, so today we were supposed to get through the last 36. But again, due to weather we did not. That leaves us with one more day to get those 36 racers through the course for a training run, if we do not, we will have to postpone the first race which is scheduled for Saturday. Fingers crossed the fog stays away!!
With training being rescheduled the media centre was very slow, but that allowed for Heather and I to get to know our coworkers a little better. Heather has four bosses. One is from Australia (Simon), one from Quebec (Amelie), one from South Africa(Ion) and one from Italy(Leo). They came to Canada to work for the Vancouver Olympic Committee two years ago and will return home once the games are done.
Here I am with my new friend Skizzy (pronounced "Skit-Zie"). She is a cat from Italy who travels with Heather's boss Leo. Skizzy has been to FOUR Olympics as Leo has worked at Vancouver 2010, Beijing 2008, Turin 2006 and Athens 2004. Isn't that exciting, maybe Heather will take me to London 2012?!
Heather's parents (Ralph and Sue) have arrived from Toronto. We will be heading up the mountain to ski with them tomorrow. Or as Heather says maybe not, because, "there are no friends on a powder day" Better keep up Ralph!
See you guys tomorrow,
Pip and Heather
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