12 Hour Spin-A-Thon Completed

25 started and 11 finished this grueling event... and I was one of them. I am honestly surprised to see that even 11 people finished. We had somebody fresh for each hour of the bike. For safety reasons they had to give us a mandatory potty break after 8 hours of riding. Only because everyone wanted the nice prizes they were giving out. So, I went 8 full hrs in the saddle before getting off to go pee...that was rough. I had to go at about hr 4 and really had to go at the 7 hr mark. It got worse and worse especially when the instructor wanted us to get in the aero position and sprint as fast as we could. I consumed about 12 GU gels, 8 packs of GU chomps, 6 bottles of GU Brew, and 4 bottles water. I saw a lot of people cramping and I wasn't, and that's because I had my GU. This was a pretty good test that this stuff really works. I now know that I could definitely do a 12hr race solo. If I can do that then a 12hr MTB race might be nothing...at least you can coast on a MTB. I'm going to have to spend all day re-hydrating and lounging around.