Workflow question: synching long audio recording with clips

[freeman]

Hey everyone got a workflow question, probably other documentary shooters will have some experience: I'm shooting weekly footage in a motorcycle shop and frequently have a zoom h1 with Lav mic on the mechanic. I'm able to get good audio on him wherever he goes, and he will pause often in the middle of a process to explain to me what he's doing. I leave the zoom h1 recording and over the course of an hour film the goings on at the shop. Once I get into FCPX i'm wondering my workflow options for synching this hour long audio to all my shorter video clips. Typically I have to lay the audio track down and hunt for sections that match up. How do you guys deal with this kind of situation? Curious to see how other people work as it's a pretty time consuming step.

 

Thanks!