My goal is to do the bay to bay next year, but with a longer board. I'm interested in doing some smaller races, to help train for this. Let me know what you find out.
Hey Jamie- you probably already know about this but I think there's a group of women who paddle in the Carlsbad on a weekly basis- I think the woman who runs it is named Amy and she posts here frequently.
Also, Hennessey's Tavern will host another Colorado river run/race from Laughlin to Needles- a bunch of us from IB did it last year and it was super fun. For $100 they housed us, fed us and boozed us up for two days and nights- unreal!