I'm up at 4AM aching in bed.
The bad news: I think the power meter worked flawlessly - so I can't blame the extreme drop off in power in the last ~100mi on it.
Haha
Yes - called being really tired. haha! I remember thought could easily maintain my "recovery" wattage (150) through the nighttime section of Sebring. Yeah right! I was decieved and I was disappointed that I could only maintain 75 watts.
thanks to everyone for posting. living vicariously through cruzbikers exploits is very inspiring and perhaps some of us will attempt our own madness some day........ recover well lief and again a hearty congratulations and if i was there i would give you a big bear hug so accept a virtual. after all we are cruzbike family right. now i get to watch larry's assault on the mountain. yippeeee.
larry this subjectivity can be a problem riding through the night without the hard data illuminated and your performance can drift. i find myself nursing the garmin home without a backlight and not knowing what or actually perhaps in my case not caring exactly what the figure is. i use a gomadic charger on the garmin to keep it alive on the longer rides but have never been game to leave the backlight on permanently. plus it is distracting and annoying in the wee small hours especially if you enter the phantom zone..... or maybe the performance drifts simply because of fatigue and i am tuckered out and need a sleep. amazing what an hours kip can bring in terms of renewed energy. on some 1200 klm audax difficult rides sleep arrives only 2 hours in every 24. but i forgot larry on your 24 hour time trials you dont get to sleep at all.....
so you will have to drink more coffee and chocolate milk. 
Wahooo!
