Well after a crazy 6 weeks my internship is over! It was fun, exciting, stressful and exhausting all at once. I answered hundreds of emails, made and answered hundreds of phone calls, cut stuff, organized stuff, set up stuff for volunteers to organize, and worked the race.
At the race on Friday I was at the first major exchange point from 8:30am to 8:30pm. For 11 of those hours I stood in front of hundreds of people and gave an 8-10 minute safety briefing one right after the other.
This was my table I stood at all day. These were my props and I got to use that massive megaphone! However the most interesting part of the day occurred when I gave my $100 running shoes to a random lady that forgot her running shoes. Luckily she trained in my exact shoes and wears the exact same size. She also works in a running store in Orem and said she would send me a new pair of shoes!
On Saturday after getting 4 hours of sleep I drove to the finish line in Park City. I was there from 4am to 7pm. My official title (that I gave myself) was Van 1 and VIP/Volunteer Parking Lot Assistant Manager! I help DJ the Parking lot manager with all parking and volunteer issues. I was super happy with being stationed at Parking lot headquarters where I got to stand in the shade all day and talk on a walkie talkie with a cool head set! I also got to drive a sweet side by side ATV like a Rhino around. That was a lot of fun!
It was also pretty entertaining to watch all the older runners limp by on their way to the finish line while all of the younger runners, especially the high school teams, walk around like they hadn't just run 20 miles in 2 days with no sleep.
It was fun but I am so happy to be back at real work getting paid instead of paying money for the chance to work for free.
Just for fun:
Evander likes to read on the iPad before bed.
