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The finish line had zero people until the last 100 meters or so. You just come right out of the empty darkness and then bam, there it was. What a shock actually. My brain cells were "out of stock" by this point, and i can 't really remember many details about this moments, but if i had to guess my feelings from this pic, it would be "relief."

too much sun, too much coke, too much water probably...i felt ok for a few moments then just collapsed.Then came the gurney and lots of white lights.

finally someone else to carry the weight. I did not walk without assistance until the next day as the legs just could not bear any more weight. Mrs A with her carmelo anthony get up ( which was easily the flyest on race day) stayed up all night watching me sleep. Next morning, it was champagne time.

i stayed aero for about 90 miles but my back and legs just got so tight and i cruised the last 20.

unlike Malaysia, this race had plenty of fluids on the course as it was stupid hot out there. They even had these hoses and buckets of water to douse the riders as they came through the aid stations.