As part of the YMCA Corporate Challenge a few of us take part in this for our respective companies. This year I was on one of the AEP relays. This is always a fun event to take part in, and terrific a food spread afterwards. Between all the divsions there were 556 finishers.
After having ridden course the day before I knew mostly what to expect. We had to get a last minute replacement swimmer so one of the individuals from AEP moved over to swim for our relay. I started really far back in the field so there were many targets up the road. Although with that many people on the road in front of me it's more like traffic congestion. I kept up my pace and picked my way through. A couple of corners had some strange cone placements so we weren't sure which way to go through/around/inside. At the end of the ride you have to dismount before going over the timing mats. I scarred one of the volunteers half to death as I come screaming up to the dismount line and skid to halt as he's got his arms out frantically waving for me to stop.
In the end my ride time was second only tot he winning elite person. As always this was a blast and I'll be sure to return next year assuming the company still wants me to ride on a relay. Word has it they're going to build another relay around Kelly for next year.
Oh btw, Kelly and Wendy had the #1 and #2 female ride times as well. Katherine did the entire event taking 2nd in her age group.
