Day 1

The view from my room

A great sunrise

A nice day

Everyday since (smog???)

With day one in the books, or the archive so to speak, I would say it was a very successful set of pictures for Team GYI. Like I said earlier I was working both the men’s cycling road race (through Beijing and ending at the Great Wall) and six women’s basketball games. After getting just about three hours sleep from the end of Opening Ceremonies to the start of day one it took some getting adjusted to. So far in the two days (opening and day 1) I have worked 34 hours which does not include the nearly two hours of driving to the MPC, getting ready in the morning and settling in at night. I know, I know it’s hard to complain, right? I’m at the Olympic Games. I just need to take advantage of the off hours that I can sleep and not waste time shopping, drinking or watching TV. This blog might get pretty boring, you say? Nope, I won’t let that happen. I have a couple good ideas floating around the old head of mine. Bathroom feature? Food feature? Let me know as well if you have any ideas.
By the way the buzz around town is really about three things right now. The sad story about the men’s volleyball coaches in-laws who were killed here in Beijing, the domination of Phelps in the pool this morning and of course the anticipated USA men’s basketball game against China. I have been asked by a couple people at home if they added any new security restrictions because of the murder. So far, nothing and it doesn’t seem like they will. Security is extremely good and it seems the incident was random.
On a lighter note, I’m excited that I get to work the hoops game. We have three guys covering the game, the most for any event thus far minus the swimming. It should be pretty good.

Weather report: It’s dark and rainy today. Some sports are getting washed out including tennis. I am working on the women’s road course today which should be crappy because of the lack of light. I’m sure our boys will figure something out.