Comments: After I crossed the finish line I needed help to stay vertical. I had someone help me to the misting tent where I sat and talked for about 10 minutes while drinking fluids.
Then I got up and needed help again, so was taken to the medical tent where I laid on a stretcher with an ice pack on my neck and head. After 5 minutes of that I asked a medic to take my blood pressure and found it was 80ish/60ish.
So he laid me back down and put in an IV.
During the IV my leg muscles all began to Charlie horse while one of the medics tried to help by burying his knuckles in to my cramping muscles. All I could do was lay there and take it! ;(
After 20 minutes I was able to get up without passing out and wandered around and enjoyed visiting with fellow athletes.
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