Notes
I was part of one of 3 RPI alumni teams. Colin handing off to Chris handing off to me handing off to Nolan. Chris and Nolan were fresh off the 5k right before. I forget where we were relative to everyone else, but we were ahead of the other distance alumni team for both Colin's and Chris' legs. I got the baton and was holding it steady but I knew my top gear was just not that fast. My worst fears were realized when halfway through the back turn I heard breathing getting louder. Brian came up on my a little before I started rounding the turn for the home straight. As he passed he looked me in the eyes and repeated, "fuck you Steve, fuck you Steve, fuck you Steve". I could not contain myself. I burst into laughter and couldn't stop for the entire last 100 meters. I handed off to Nolan knowing we had already lost. He seemed to know that too and was a good sport about it. He had a pretty funny jog down the home straight with a solid lean for last place victory. I was still laughing at this point.
First 4x400 since high school and probably my slowest yet. I don't even wanna think about how bad that was between my lack of speed and laughing. It was super fun though. Definitely gotta do it again next year when I'm actually in shape. Fun to see everyone, turned out to be a super awesome if short weekend.