The Mile 150 rest stop was like a warzone.
Riders laying all over the park out cold. Medical staff helping people. One lady went into a seziure from overhydration and fire and rescue had to attend to her. Overhydration happens when your ratio of water to electrolytes is not balanced and you intake too much water. It can and has been known to result i death. As can dehydration or a lack of water in such heat and extreme all day endurance hot conditions. Its a delicate balance that most people will never have to deal with for most people only do activity for several hours at the most.. And not in extreme heat at that.
This ride was more about constant nutrition than anything. Not just drinking and taking in electrolytes, but finding that balance between the two and sticking with a strict timing with it. Miss it by a tad and you are down for the count. Or worse in the Hospital.
That was my biggest fear the entire ride, nutrition. To see career racers and riders out cold quitting was distrubing. But seeing a lady in her 50's pass them and me up was all the more inspiring!