Quik change, still crazy after all of these years

Last night when I got home the skies were very menacing but I already had it stuck in my head that I wanted to get the Prius oil change completed.  When I get in that mindset it is tough to get me to change directions.  I quickly changed clothes and drug out the stuff I needed to do the work.  Doing an oil change immediately after driving home from your commute is never a great idea as the engine oil can be hot enough to burn you.  I used extra care when removing the drain plug and filter to minimize my contact with the hot used oil.  I had the oil swapped out in the span of 15 minutes as the thunder rumbled overhead.

Yesterday I found myself spending a good portion of the day dealing with running club related issues regarding various events.  I have been doing chip timing for the club for something like eight years at this point.  The core group of people that handle most responsibilities for our races have been pretty much the same for that amount of time or even longer in some cases.  With this being the case you would assume when it comes to putting on races it would go like clockwork more often than not since it is something we have done literally 100 times or more.  Well unfortunately that isn’t the case.

Even after all of that experience it seems every event has some basic breakdowns in execution or preparation that you just would not expect.  Of course a race is a living, breathing, dynamic beast that will always have unforeseen issues.  It’s the foreseen issues that should not be popping up on the radar at this point.  The frustration that results from these issues has to be tempered however since almost everyone involved is on a purely volunteer basis, graciously donating their time and effort.  It’s a tight line to balance upon.