Sicker than a dog and working an 18 hour day

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(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 400, 1/2500 sec., f4) France's Vincent Vittoz pants as he races down the hill.
Jennifer Buchanan / The Herald

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 400, 1/2500 sec., f3.5) Canada's Devon Kershaw (5) leads the first relay group up the hill.
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(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 400, 1/2500 sec., f3.5) Russia's Nikolay Pankratov (center) positions himself to ski down the hill.
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(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16-35mm f2.8 @16mm, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec., f5) Slovakia's Ivan Batory (left) races up a hill during the men's 4x10km relay cross country ski race Wednesday morning while Italy's Giorgio Di Centa (center) and Switzerland's Curdin Perl are hot on his trail.
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(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 200, 1/4000 sec., f4) Snot runs down Finland anchorman Vile Nousiainen’s face after he and his team finished fifth.
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(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 200, 1/3200 sec., f4) Sweden anchor man Marcus Hellner holds up his county's flag as he crosses the finish line for the gold in the men's 4 x 10km cross country ski relay.
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(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16-35mm f2.8 @16mm, ISO 2000, 1/2000 sec., f2.8) The German 3 sled, piloted by Claudia Schramm with brakeman Janine Tischer, appears to go upside down around a curve during Wednesday's finals.
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(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, EF 70-200mm f2.8 @70mm, ISO 2000, 1/2000 sec., f2.8) The Italian sled piloted by Jessica Gillarduzzi with brakes by Laura Curione rounds turn number 2 in the women's bobsleigh finals Wednesday night.

Jennifer Buchanan / Staff Photographer

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 | 8:10 pm

Right about now, I feel like that guy. My body hurts, my head hurts, and my cheeks are a flaming red color that doesn't look healthy on anyone. I'm sick. I'll call it the Olympics flu. Sleeping three to four hours a night and working 13-hour days will do that to you. Blah. I need sleep and Gatorade in the worse way right now. The bad thing is, I'm still at the Whistler Siding Center, which means both sleep and fluids are about five hours away in downtown Vancouver.

Shot cross-country skiing this morning and just finished up with women's bobsleigh. That's bobsled for us Westerners/Americans. At the risk of not getting back to my bed before 3AM, I'm going to just post the photos.