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well another Amy's ride is over. Amazing day it was. I had myself down to do the 100km classic, but was soon knocked down a peg or 2 by intense dry heat. It actually caught a lot out by surprise. On the way up the Darlington Expressway, a young fella had a heart attack and had to be resuscitated by his friends and the St Johns volunteers 3km into the ride. Made most of us feel a bit sick to see the poor bloke out flat like that. Thankfully he is ok, and is recovering in hospital. There were also reports of a lot of riders seriously dehydrated and in need of care for heat stroke. I heard of another instance a rider misjudged wickhams hill and ended up over the barrier there too.

I ended up doing 65km after I tried to give willunga hill a crack in 36deg heat. Got about 1/4 way up and started getting serious headaches and heart palpitations. Thought about the fella laying on the S.exy so early on and thought, nah stuff this and turned back down and took the short cut to the finish line. Heard the temp got to 38deg at the top of willunga hill and also there was a strong dry head wind to contend with on top.

Some pretty treacherous conditions which I doubt many were ready for, but I must say the event was well orchestrated and there were heaps of water/refeshment stations on the way. No doubt saved a few parched mouths. Mine included. went thru both my large water bottles a number of times over.

So even though I didnt complete the 100km distance I set myself, I did however live to fight another day.