BERKELEY PIER OUTRIGGER RACES - May 30th, 2015

Masters Women - 9 mile  1:38:11  5/6

Here we are at the starting line -- about 10:15am on May 30th.  The morning began at 5:45am.  By the time I arrived at the Berkeley Marina,  the club was unloading the last of three canoes... oops.. should have left home a little earlier...... The rigging and putting on spray skirts took a while.. as it always does.

Our crew:
Seat 1 - Eva
Seat 2 - Angie
Seat 3 - Dori
Seat 4 - Michele
Seat 5 - Me
Seat 6 - Lizzie

Well, it was a fun crew.. we fought the wind and waves out towards the gate.. to the turn around towards Treasure Island - and rode the wind and wind waves back to the finish line.. we just were not very fast.

Oh well.. we did have fun!  My fuel strategy:

The usual breakfast (coffee, vits, Whey Protein, oatmeal, banana, etc)  at 6:00am.
3 Race Caps/3 Endurolytes and some Heed one hour prior to race.
Sips of water right before the start and at the finish line.. not during the race.