Welcome to SBOCC's Na Pali Racers Blog

Here is a blog where I will post updates and info about the Na Pali Challenge race. You can either sign up using your gmail account or you sign up using your own personal email account and choose a password.

Then save the link http://sboccnapali.blogspot.com/  and come back to it at least a few times a week.

On here I will post:

1) Logistics - canoes, support boat plans etc.

For those who missed the meeting last week, I will find a way to attach those forms on this site.

2) Accommodation plans -
I am still trying to locate accommodations for the group to stay closeby. It will likely be condos in the Princeville area. Hanalei will be ideal... but those are all houses and are pretty costly.

3) Transportation plans -
Depending on what everyone is doing and how long they are staying, we may only need 2 vans to drive the group around.

If any of you can contribute in any way - please post your ideas here.

All racers to post:

3) Workout reports -
This blog will also be used for everyone to post their OC1 times (short course - from bait barge, around small red buoys on your right, to the red mile buoy, turn left on that buoy, back around the small red buoys on your left and end at the bait barge.
You can do as many times as you want to improve your time, and please post each one of them.

Also post your other land workouts you do and your water practices.

For this race, ENDURANCE is as important as STRENGTH, to do this race well. Please make sure you are working on that right now and up until the end of the season.

4) Fundraisers -
We had some ideas at the meeting. It's time to get them going.
Oreana Winery - I will ask Danny to do what he did for us last year - hosting an event where we can invite family and friends. The winery will split the earnings with us.
I know of another winery that will do the same for us and will talk to them this week.

We talked about selling hot dogs or pizzas at States Sprints beer garden. It's only worth it if we can get the food donated and not have to buy.

Other ideas- getting one or two big sponsors will be ideal. If you know of anyone who you can tell them what SANTA BARBARA OCC is doing to represent this city in Hawaii - maybe someone will be proud to give us a check to sponsor the costs. We will put their logo/s on our race jersey for this race.
(we will get a special race jersey done just for this race).

Let's start the ball rolling here!
More to come from me....
S