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~mile 64. Gas station. Cheese sandwich, chocolate milk, Recoverer, water refill.
~mile 99. Oasis. Water refill, Recoverer.
~mile 120. Oasis. Water refill, Recoverer.
~mile 152. Gas station. Cheese sandwich, Chocolate mile, Coke, Naked, water refill, Recoverer.
Highlights:
I didn't have support at check points, so I refilled supplies at gas stations.
Water oasis 2 I forgot my hydo pack. I didn't realize that I didn't have my pack until my wife called me because my SPOT hasn't moved, this was 4 miles down the road.
At the final (2nd) checkpoint I noticed my cable for my dyno hub was pulled out of the connector at the hub. Instead of fixing there, at the gas station, in the daylight, I decided that I had a very good helmet light and I didn't need it. When night started creeping in I turned on my helmet light and all was good. When night arrived, my helmet light went out. I faffed with the helmet light for a few, but
to no avail. Since it was dark and I had no light, I decided to take it easy on the roads until I found a spectator with a flash light so I could repair my dyno light. Bad idea. I didn't see a rut on a down hill and I went down hard. I found a spectator at the top of the next hill, borrowed a flash light, repaired my light, and finished the ride without further issues.
I woke up in the middle of the night after finishing the ride and my knee was the size of a watermelon. I had a serious impact injury. After a trip to the doctor office the Xrays were negative, just extremely swollen. Actually, to this day, 3 months later, the knee is still swollen and I don't have full movement.
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