Tired and hoarse
The race was a lot of fun. Got up at 6AM and I am
not a morning person so I am tired but I will be on board next year for sure.
There was a cap at 500 racers and we had the full 500 this year. With the canoe part of the leg, there were 1,000 racers and the 500 bicyclists trickling in as well as all the ancillary support people, friends and family so it was a good size crowd.
The guy who brought the PA system does mobile DJing professionally (
Sunset Music DJ) so we had OK coverage but he blew one of his amps so it wasn't quite as loud for part of the waiting area and people didn't think about this so they continued to chatter and socialize. The key waiting area was covered perfectly. It was a bit odd to hear my voice reverberate through the valley -- very evident echo.
Did the announcing and didn't get on the air but it was great to watch Rick and Diane run the radios and get a feel for working an event like this -- traffic control from several stations. I would not have wanted to be in the "hot seat" anyway -- setting up a base station and building a rack to hold the radio in my truck for now.
Had dinner in town and now having a glass of wine or two and forcing myself to stay up to at least 11PM so my sleep schedule is not thrown off.
My typing is crap now -- lots of typos so I am tired...
Posted by DaveH at May 27, 2012 8:10 PM