Team HQ showed up in full-force on Saturday for Cincinnati’s first annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Race to Anyplace. Red Bulls in hand for energy, iPods cranked for race time tuneage and Team HQ shirts for speed, we didn’t miss a beat. The event took place downtown at the Chemed Center and boy did it have a great turn-out. Twenty-six teams showed up to pedal as hard as they could for 6 hours to help support blood cancer research, and our eleven-person team was proud to be one of them.
Should anyone ever tell you that spinning is easy, don’t listen to them. We pedaled like we had never pedaled before (the speed one of our teammates generated made me severely question the bikes ability to handle our skills) and after all was said and done, Team HQ racked up 73 miles for the day!
Though we may have went home a little sore and tired, we felt extremely happy and lucky to have gotten the chance to be a part of the event and to help raise funds and general awareness for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society here in Cincinnati. It was a great time and we met some wonderful people (and a huge dog who decided to join in on the race day fun) throughout the course of the day.
As sore as we all are, we can’t wait to be a part of the event again next year. We have our eyes set on the elusive 100 miles marker next!