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All of the chain hotels withing 15 miles of the event were booked, but the little motels weren't. We stayed at the Sunset Beach Motel, which was a hole. I'd never stay there again. My mattress was cup shaped. The Bathroom door was coming apart and wouldn't close until I figured out just where to push...I didn't have a long valve extender for my Zipp 404 Rear, so it was the Zipp Disc or a Mavic Open Pro on the rear. I found out late, that the 404 front had a slow leak, so I spent twenty minutes manhandling a tire onto the rim. I never got around to gluing it, but it held up fine during the 222 miles (of course I wasn't doing any crit turns). Chris Hopkinson was there again and he was out front early on. Once again, he was a good sport shouting encouragement. There was a lotta love this year down at Sebring. There were people on the side of the road cheering during the long loop and the 12 mile loops. The recumbents always had a word of praise as they passed. And there were a ton of recumbents including a fully faired bright yellow "Barracuda". The volunteers at the race referred to him as "Banana Man".