Michael’s picture:
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/fei0518/4283502455/in/set-72157623233087630/
–> at the finish point where you received the certification

* http://f23.yahoofs.com/myper/j8VhkZ2dCkJOid4ld0B2/blog/F23_20100118125917152.jpg?TTAwjWLBeor8rh9Y
* http://f23.yahoofs.com/myper/j8VhkZ2dCkJOid4ld0B2/blog/F23_20100118125913168.jpg?TTAwjWLBvdAVw49E
–> at 天祥寶塔 (a Buddha temple, just about 1km before the second food station)

* http://www.flickr.com/photos/45443559@N06/4287988950/in/set-72157623227883618/
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/45443559@N06/4287247953/in/set-72157623227883618/
–> these photos must be taken at the finish line because you look exhausted, haha!

* http://photo.xuite.net/lin9343
* http://www.wretch.cc/blog/ruby0502007/12777470
* This guy kept riding after crashing when going down hill on a tight hairpin near 北28 and still put in a 4:30 finish before going to the hospital for a broken collarbone – http://kevinworker.blogspot.com/2010/01/117-neverstop-p.html
* More cute girls – http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jimmy63723/article?mid=10026
* http://www.bike.club.tw/?func=album&act=display&aid=1040&page=
* http://nicheyquan.blogspot.com/2010/01/neverstop-p2010-0117.html
* http://misgary.pixnet.net/blog/post/26314158
* http://blog.yam.com/daw731/article/26462227

The final rider, 張開昭, crossed the finish line after starting 10 hours and 15 minutes before. Congratulations on sticking it out and completing the NeverStop Challenge.

Check out the NeverStop website for a list of the challenge rides throughout the year in Taiwan.

Next, these races are on the open road in general. Some traffic guides, volunteer taxi drivers, direct you in hopefully the correct direction. Sometimes the spectators will tell you the correct way when the traffic guide is waving you ahead blindly.

Besides the traffic guides, scooter and motorcycle cops travel up and down the route trying to keep folks orderly.

Regarding the car turning into me, it’s not uncommon here in Taiwan and in fact NeverStop has a 4-5 lines on their home page of what’s needed to submit your medical costs for reimbursement. Furthermore, I normally know to ride on the left side of the right traffic lane to keep myself visible. However, with a bit of oncoming traffic, I moved over to overcome the car that turned into me. More than likely, I surprised the driver by being there suddenly.

As long as I stay upright and can ride on, I’m content to move on.

Anyways, it was a day of experiences that I can look back upon with a smile, knowing I did it, survived without any scars and did better than 80% of the other riders.

Michael

Re: “silver paint”, does that mean the road is not closed to motorists on a race like this? That’s just nuts.

* http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/j705203/10117NeverStopP
* http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=367&t=1387430 (some repeats)
* http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=367&t=1388628
* http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=391&t=1266786&p=21
* http://blog.sina.com.tw/noya2288/article.php?pbgid=35504&entryid=591147
* My brain was frozen by the 3rd rest stop and I missed these gals pictured in the fourth post. http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=367&t=1387516&p=2

Race Results
* http://spreadsheets.google.com/lv?key=tliPECoRqm6Hlqw8caM6j1g&f=true&gid=0
** change row count in the top right corner
* I was 349th out of 1,955 riders
* I came in 77th out of 428 for the “C” 35~39（1973~1969) age group
* So I was in the top 18% of all riders and bye age group. Cool!

Mr. Wang is wearing the blue helmet, riding partner Datou is in yellow.

Thank you for sharing these Mr. Wang. Great job finishing the challenge.