Getting there, part 4…
May 22nd, 2009 by kchapman
In addition to getting the boat in shape, the sailors need to be in shape too. To that end, Alec spent time in the gym every day (credit Complete Fitness Concepts) doing a variety of workouts with an emphasis on cardio. For my part, I hit the elliptical machine almost daily combined with some free weights (emphasis on cardio). I know Alec shed some weight, and for me 18 pounds were dropped. Yet we still weighed in at 205 and 215. But it paid off, most notably in the efforts to get off the beach in light air when Alec got to paddle like a mad man. We did very well getting off the beach, in one case moving up to being the 6th boat after the start. Alec mentioned that one of his motivations was to avoid having to repeat the work if we got knocked back to the beach…