2010 12 Hours of Santos

Murray Wilmerding from www.pHitpills.com picked me up at the airport after a late flight into Orlando and a few missed turns we were finally at the motel around midnight. I was feeling a little stressed and therefore ravenously hungry so I visited the IHOP across the street and knocked down a Big Steak Omelet with all the extra veggies and even some fruit salad. I have no idea when I finally found sleep but we were up early for a short drive to the start. Of course it was true foolishness with a leman’s run of about a quarter mile on rough dirt road partly uphill followed by the same distance on the bike before entering seemingly endless single track.

I was way back after the start mayhem and didn’t reach the front until several laps and hours in. However, it didn’t take long to overhaul the early leaders and take the lead for good. I was able to maintain consistent laps until dark and even then I was only a few minutes behind my daylight pace. Soon, I had lapped the field and many of the front runners had quit anyway. At that point, I rested for a bit and crossed the finish line with my second victory of the season!