For the record, some of the volunteers actually went to the store with their own money to buy coke after numerous athletes had made clear how badly they needed it. If they picked the wrong stuff, it’s sad, but I just wanted you all to know how hard they were trying out there.
And by the time the last person on the run course got there…(yes, that was me, dammit), most stations did have coke. Not that all the coke in the world could have helped me…