Kansas City Corporate Challenge Time Trial

On May 28th, I competed for JPMorgan Chase in the Kansas City Corporate Challenge. Basically this is a series of sporting events that area companies compete in.

I was one of the 30-34 age group guys from our company to compete. I went into it thinking that if I could go top 10 in my age group, that would be great. .

I warmed up for about 2 miles and felt ok, but tire from running in the morning and lifting weights. . I lined up for the start and hit the gas.

I felt good through the ride, there was a slight tailwind at first and then a gradual downhill, I passed about 4 guys up to this point and every once in a while I was checking my mph. . somewhere around 26-30 depending on where I was on the course. My legs were tight and I could feel the lactic acid building up, but I just kept telling myself to hammer as hard as I could and the pain would go away.

Coming into the back half there is a slight uphill, but I felt good and stayed in my aero bars and pushed through it till the final straight into the finish. I decided to stay aero instead of standing up to crank on the pedals and finished in a time of what I thought was 5 minutes 18 seconds for 2.5 miles.

After the race, I waited for Amy to do her time trial (she did great, especially since she is riding for two) and talked with some friends. . I said, I thought my time was 5:18 and they both said, I should place pretty high. . but I still figured I was 5th or 6th. . .

I made my over to the final results and looked at my name. . . FIRST PLACE!!! I was pretty surprised. First place in my age group (gold medal)and 6th out of 544 people that competed.

I guess all the training does pay off. :)