well, i had just the opposite experience once and it is one of my best
endurance ride memories. i was the last one in at the ponce de
leon pirate run a few years ago. i had planned to ride the 50 miler, but
made a last minute change to the 75 because we needed one more rider to fill
the bill.
long story short, when i went out for the last 12 miles, i told
everybody not to wait on me, do the awards and whatever else they had planned.
instead, just about everybody in camp met me at the finish line!
cowboy ed
