I mean, I - my background is in high-level racing, so I would got out typically and train for an hour and a half rowing hard, and that's the only way I knew how to row. What is the challenges of that? I would imagine it would be extremely strenuous. RASCOE: I've never rowed anywhere, much less 750 miles. But once we're up and going, I mean, the typical day is get up at 4 or 4:30, make breakfast, break camp, pack our boat, get on the water hopefully around 6 if we can, and paddle for 36 to 40 nautical miles or whatever the conditions will let us do. So we all hunkered down and just kind of hung out. I mean, the first couple of days are very atypical because the wind was not friendly and it was not safe for paddlers or rowers. RASCOE: I know the race starts in Port Townsend, Wash., and it goes all the way up to Ketchikan, Alaska.
And so anyway, Ian and I chatted, and so we just got together and started training and a relationship developed. And when I first heard about the race, I thought - I didn't want to row and I just couldn't find anyone to do that with me. Anyway, we were both in Victoria and so we thought, well, let's get together afterwards and talk about our experiences. Ian was on a trimaran called Fly and I was on a trimaran called Sistership. Yeah, we met actually through the race in 2016 on the dock in Port Townsend a couple of days before the race. RASCOE: This is your fifth time doing the race, right? And I don't want to get too all in your business, but I understand that you and Ian actually have a love story that started with this race, right? And she joins us now from British Columbia, where she's on a quick break. She's paddling a tandem kayak with her partner, Ian Graeme. She's a former Olympic rower for Canada and a multi-year veteran of this race.
Janice Mason is among those competing in the Race to Alaska this year. One Washingtonian has even paddleboarded. An annual boat race that started Monday in Washington state has some pretty challenging rules - no motors, no support, 750 miles to the finish line in Alaska.
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