Brew to Brew 2011 or 'Gone with the Wind'
This year HRW again had two teams with the same names and captains as in 2010 in the Brew to Brew Relay that started at the Boulevard Brewery in KC and ended in Lawrence (43 miles) a few blocks from the Freestate Brewery: Perpetual Pedestrians (PP) and the Walking Warriors (WW). A similarity to the 2007 race was that we experienced sustained wind speeds of 20-30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph but it was dry and much warmer. Our stalwart group of walkers managed to get to the starting line before 6:00 am (in time for pictures) and reached Lawrence about 10 hours later. Another similarity to 2007 was that one team (PP) finished within 2 minutes of the pre-race prediction but the other team (WW) finished exactly to the minute according to the printed pre-race prediction by Alan. This was a record in the prediction category-not bad after 616 minutes! Unlike 2007, Alan wore only two layers on leg 10, not the record 8 he used in 2007 when it was sleeting.
We had 7 veterans this year (Alan Poisner, Phil Jacobs, BJ Thornburg, Raj Dandi, Nancy Perih, Mark Landry and Chuck Zarrelli) and 3 rookies (Lakshmi Dandi, Lee Debault and Julie Haller). Nancy Perih gets credit for the most mileage for the day since she drove in from Topeka for the start and returned to KC after the race to pick up her car for the return trip. Each walker did two relay legs totaling 6.5-9.9 miles. The race was scored with age- and gender-based handicaps. PP finished 31 min before WW but after the handicaps were factored in, WW was 14 min faster than PP. Both of their net times were faster than 7 running teams. Congratulations to all of our members who competed in this 11th year that HRW has participated in this unique event. Also, Thanks to Lee, Bernice and Liz for serving as volunteers. After the race, a celebration was held at the usual restaurant in Lawrence.
Pictures from this event can be found at the PICTURES link on our homepage (click on the PICTURES link, then the SETS and then on the Brew to Brew set). Captions can be seen by clicking on the individual pictures. Results can be found at the RESULTS link.