Saturday was the women’s triathlon race at the Olympics. My penultimate shift as a Gamesmaker. A lot of people have asked me what it means to work an event at the Olympics – what I do, what time I start, who I get to meet… The women’s triathlon start was at 9am London time. Our […]
It is all about the Olympics for us at the moment. Us and about 1 billion other people in the world! The one thing that I’m finding the most disturbing – at least from a sleep perspective on those days when I am actually able to “sleep in” – is the helicopter sound. From about […]
“Back in the day” I spent two years living in Japan and teaching English. That was before the 1998 Nagano Olympics, and way back then I dreamed that I would somehow find my way back to Japan and volunteer at those games, maybe doing some translating work or general hospitality stuff. Fast forward to 2005 […]
A lot of people have asked if as a volunteer we got free tickets to the opening ceremony. The short answer? NO! We were able to enter a contest for free tickets to the rehearsals, but for the actual opening ceremony we were left to our own devices. For me that meant attending the PUMA […]
Last week saw me not only busy with the road cycling event and related training, but I was also fortunate enough to receive a free ticket to the technical rehearsals for the opening ceremonies. Everyone volunteering at The Games was invited to enter a contest to win a ticket – and of course I entered […]
I don’t know where to begin. For the past 10 days I have been sucked into Olympic-mania. It started with training at Sandown for all road event volunteers – all the volunteers for the marathon, race walking, road cycling, cycling time trial and triathlon events gathered over the weekend of July 21st to have the […]
I *love* The Olympics. I remember being glued to the television when I was a kid and loving the grace of the figure skaters and gymnasts, the speed of the track stars. I wanted to glide like the swimmers, spin like the divers, but I have to admit I never really wanted the nose clips […]
This weekend I was looking forward to doing two things to get the feel for endurance events now that I am officially over my rib fractures. I was looking forward to the Hampton Court 2.25 mile Thames Swim (which I was doing for fun with my running coach James) and I was also looking forward […]
Two weeks ago I did a 5 things for Friday post, some things that had caught my attention and been on my mind during the week. It got a lot of positive feedback, so I have decided to make it a regular feature. Here’s another five things that have had me thinking over the past […]
Last year I purchased a Vitamix – one of the few kitchen toys on my wish list – and since then I have religiously made morning juice cocktails. I have done green smoothies, berry smoothies, carrot and coconut water drinks – you name it. But a few months ago I hit on the “macadamia nut […]