FROM JOHNNY: "I was in so much pain I didn't notice the sun come up. I started counting all the things that could still go wrong: cramps, crashes, lower back spasm, mechanical, GI. I ignored the race script and focused on just staying upright."
FROM MORE COWBELL: "Eight hours into the race the first cramp hit. It was the same muscle I injured during an earlier overnight practice skate. The muscle clenched painfully like a fist inside my inner quad..."