I was with the lead group for the MAJORITY of the race. I consider that success. Even better, the bungee-cord on mach plan kept him in sight until the last 5 miles! (He was not in the lead group, despite how the cameras made it look). I finished 38th. John finished somewhere around 60th. Alex was crashed in the first 5 miles from stupid positioning games in a 130 person pack. He landed on someone and was fine but had a brake cable pulled out. More later...