Patrollers check in Friday afternoon at the registration table at the Hayward Senior Center...
...then boogie over to the Hayward Middle School Library Hotel (reserved for patrollers) to claim a spot to sleep.
(photo by Julie Timmons)
(Claims range from vendor canopies, to areas cordoned off with tables and chairs, to spaces between (or under) tables.)
(photo by Julie Timmons)
First-time patrollers attend the "Rookie U" Orientation led by Jeff S (seated at far end of table.)
Some veterans by the far wall "sit in" for a refresher.
The chefs prepare our Friday dinner while hungry patrollers begin to gather near the serving window.
Dinner is served!
After dinner, Howard H (at right) leads the evening pre-race briefing session.
...and then it's back to the hotel, to make sure we have everything we need in our packs,
or relax and socialize a little before turning in for the night.
(Don't stay up too late. We have to be back at the Senior Center at 5:30am for breakfast! :)