Not To Be Trusted With Knives

Day 1 – Take It One Shift At A Time #lg4cf

August 26, 2011 by Beth

The Longest Game for CF is underway! The puck was dropped at 8 am after a lovely opening ceremony and for the first hour, all 20 players on each side played. And, I’m pleased to report, I scored a goal at 8:33 a.m.! W00t!

After the first hour, we settled into our routine of 4 hours segments. My first four hours was from 12 to 4 pm and (a) the pace was faster than I had anticipated we’d be playing ((Though it is only day 1.)), (b) I don’t feel as bad as I thought I would. I mean, don’t get me wrong, my feet and ankles are achy, my back is a bit stiff and I’m so tired and hungry ((and really only staying awake right now because I’m waiting for dinner to be served!)), but I thought I’d be in a lot rougher shape after playing for four whole hours with only one sub!

The thing that I’ve found the mostly helpful in the 5 hours I’ve played so far, is to remember to just take it one shift at a time. Four hours is a little overwhelming to think about, but I know that I can get on the ice and play one shift. And all I need to do is focus on that one shift, and not the many, many more shifts that make up my four hours ((It’s kind of hard to do because there’s a giant clock at the rink telling you the time, but what can you do!)). One shift at a time! I’m really hoping that I can maintain that for the whole ten days.

Also, my friend Krista Lee and her husband, Ryan, and their baby are here – they are volunteering in the A/V timekeeper booth – meaning they are being entrusted with the ever important job of making sure the livestream camera is working ((That is the recording that the people from Guinness will be watching to verify that we set the record, so it’s crucial that it works.)) and blowing the airhorn to alert the players & zamboni driver when it is time for the ice cleaning/to get back on the ice. Did I mention that they are super awesome?

Oh yeah, and I did I mention the livestream? You can watch the whole game on our website!

Anyhoo, I’m so tired that my brain is hardly working and I think dinner is being served now and so I should go to there! And then to bed ‘cuz my next shift starts at midnight!

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