M and I went to Annapolis this past weekend to see the finish of Race Across AMerica. One of the nice things about living out east now is that we get to see new things and this would certainly be one of them. The top couple of men finished last Thursday/Friday, so we were hoping to see the first female finish, plus see some of the teams finish.
We got our Zipcar in Rockville and headed east, doing pretty well with the navigation to Annapolis and ending up parking right down on the city dock, 500 feet from the finish line.
We got there on Saturday in time to see a couple of the 4 person teams finish, including one German team of 4 that had a 4 person support crew! That was pretty impressive and inspiring to me. Usually teams have at least a 2-1 ratio of crew members to riders, so this one to one ratio seemed pretty cool. A pity my German wasn’t better/existant, ’cause I would have loved to talk to the crew about their experiences.
Daniella from Brazil ( first women to finish) got in just before 9am on Sunday, and we were there to experience all the excitement of that event. She had a huge crew and they were great at the end, throwing her into the air in excitement.
All in all, a great event to see and hopefully we’ll see more next year
