I am thoroughly enjoying my new career as a writer and this experience at RAAM has been icing on the literary cake. My job as "media van #3 writer" is to provide 2 summary articles (2-3 paragraphs each) - one by 9:00am and the other by 9:00pm. Truthfully I don't think I can contain myself to a mere 4-6 paragraphs within a 24 hour period at an epic event like Race Across America. Remember, I once wrote a 13 page race report on a 6 hr race. I can have a lot to say!
So I have found a few other writing outlets such as this blog and quick updates on my Facebook page. I've even written a bunch of notes and sent them to my RAAM relay teammates -- things we should and should not do while planning for our own RAAM in 2011. But somehow it's not quite enough. I could write volumes on the teams I've met, funny behind the scenes things I've seen, or pre-race proceedings that are leading up to Saturday's big relay team send-off. And I've already taken a ton of pictures and I'm not even a media team photographer. I can't help it. It's like I want to take it all in and grab every possible sight, sound, comment, smell, and action.
But alas I will attempt to save some of my writing enthusiasm for when I need it. You know...pace myself. Just a little. And perhaps by the time I get to Kansas and it's 3:47am and I am trying to sleep on a picnic table in the middle of who know's where, my passion for writing will be replaced by my overwhelming desire to sleep. But when I wake up, I'll want to write about a strange bicycle dream.
(Photo courtesy of Jake North, RAAM media crew photographer and good friend.)
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