Yeah it was damn hot out there, I was bad at the start having woken up at 2am with major indigestion...and it just got worse all day. I was okay on the bike, but got dehydrated early and never recovered, let's just say I was very familiar with every porta-potty on the run course. I went past Kevin at about mile 65 on SR19, he came out to water stop 6 with Manny and co. He said he just hadn't done enough long rides this year. Hell, it was kicking my butt enough and he was probably 20-30 minutes ahead of me for the entire first lap.
My bike computer read 102F near Sugarloaf on the 2nd lap...record highs yesterday and probably today too.
I don't know how many people started the race yet, I forgot to ask Fred...but there were only 261 finishers. I think that's about 40% DNFs. Ouch!