Re: cheat_training_group stories please!

good description Travis, and it was great to see your family there with you!

Yep, the last-minute re-organization was very impressive - big kudos to the race organizers. The Narrows gave a great ride - lots of big waves and wave trains, haystacks, and curlers. Not much in the way of holes or anything to watch out for, so pure fun! The river is big and wide-open so easy to see what was coming next. Calamity was just the way Travis explained it - big but simple to navigate.

It was a great choice of alternate venue - easy putin and takeouts and a fun river - and a fun race. Congrats to all who joined the fun!

p.s. yea, travis, I agree, the mass start was kind of odd, and I didn't hear the "go" so I was still floating when I noticed the front people were paddling. Sheesh. Oh well, I didn't come in last this time. :)

BIG THANKS to Calleva-LAKS for a FANTASTIC training season!!

-jen

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Travis Vice <george.travis.vice@gmail.com> wrote:

I raced without a bibb because I showed up about 20 minutes before the race so I have no official time.  There were a couple of accidents on the way to Albright including a semi on fire.

Anyways, the plan was to get everyone in the water and do a mass start.  So everyone lined up on the bank (except me because I thought I had time to get in my boat and line up.)  So Rick told everyone to get in the water and someone said go.  Before you know it, everyone was heading downstream.  I tried to quickly hop in my boat and race.  So I definitely had a 30 second disadvantage.

I passed about 25-30 people in the first 15 minutes.  I only passed 5-10 people during the rest of the race.  There were 83 entrants (not counting me) and I think I finished middle of the pack.  I still have no idea of my time.  I know I finished about 10-15 seconds of the lone stand up paddle boarder. 

The waves were awesome.  I think someone said 11 ft waves and I tend to believe that.  It made the karma UL look small.  Calamity was awesome looking but fairly easy to manuever.  It definitely looked huge and probably some of the biggest waves I have seen in a kayak.

All told, I had a fantastic race because I never stopped and pushed myself pretty well.  Probably the best part was that my wife and kid were waiting for me at the finish line.  Gave me a cool feeling to do a race when I am not really that type of boater.  Would definitely do again.

-Travis

On May 9, 2016 10:34 AM, "'Megan' via LAKS advanced" <upper_yough_training_group@googlegroups.com> wrote:

To those who braved the waters and banks of the mighty Cheat Narrows on Friday, will you share some stories? 

Who raced?  How was the river?  Any monster holes or just big fun waves?  Did they still do a mass start?  How long did the run take? 

How was the spectating?  Was it possible to get to good spots to watch? 

Thanks from the vicarious racing team.  :) 

PS

I was right about Albright being downstream from the racecourse!  Must have been a premonition.  (Still looking for a way to recover from my rather embarrassing brain lapse regarding the location of Albright relative to the Canyon.) 

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