As I took Rick Beitelspacher, Russ Meyers and Scott Wagar back to Deer Island, Ore., this morning so Beitelspacher could finish the ride, we noticed a man being loaded into a cop car.

We later learned he'd hit a cyclists causing a three-bike pileup.
Gerald Marvin, 24, of Seattle, suffered serious injuries. He is reportedly in fair condition.
Daniel B. Whittlinger, 40, of Portland was arrested on charges of felony hit and run, Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants and a parole violation.

Here's a link to a story on KOMO's website.

My apologies for not updating this sooner, but I’ve been icing my legs (and sleeping).
The STP Project was mostly successful Saturday despite a litany of physical and mechanical problems.
Russ Meyers, Kenny Espinoza, Rick Beitelspacher, Scott Wagar and I left Seattle about 5:15 a.m. Saturday morning. Over the next 204.5 miles very few hours went by without something happening to slow us down.

The short list:
* Kenny had a cold and developed a fever.
* Rick broke his shoe.
* Rick and Russ took a tumble when the cyclists in front of them hit the brakes abruptly.
* I got a flat
* Kenny’s derailleur broke,
* I got another flat
* The weather topped 90 leaving me dehydrated and short on energy
* Kenny started getting really sick.
* I got a third flat 8 miles from the finish.

“In five years of training rides, we haven’t had as much go wrong as we did Saturday,” Beitelspacher said. “But that’s just the way the ride came to us this year.”
When it was all said and done, Meyers and Wagar pulled me to the finish line. We got there at 9:30 p.m., by far the latest Scott and Russ have ever finished.
Not feeling well, Kenny and Bietelspacher called it a day in Deer Island, Ore., 36.5 miles from the finish line. They weren't the only ones. I saw several cyclists loading their bikes into to cars during the final stretch. Some weren't so wise. One woman collapsed at the finish about 10 p.m. and emergency workers had to wrap her in a blanket and treat her for whatever damaged she'd inflicted upon herself.
Both Rick and Kenny were waiting at the finish line when we rolled in.
This morning, I drove Beitelspacher back to Deer Island so he could finish the ride with the two-day riders. Meyers and Wagar rode with him for a staggering 241 miles in 32 hours.
Still sick, Kenny, who already has a one-day STP under his belt, was content not forcing the issue. He and I waited at the finish line with all the wives and kids as Beitelspacher finished.
Be sure to read Thursday’s Adventure section for more on what it’s like to ride a double century when everything goes wrong.