
Discouraged at weighing in heavier than last race I then had the Trek tent check out my front wheel. Pop pop pop as I rode. The bearings in the front hub were shot. They said it would not be dangerous to race. Having to fight that rotational inertia was not my only problem. Within the first mile I thought I would vomit. I was dehydrated and/or didn't eat properly. My time was so bad, after hearing comments by others after the finish, I wondered if the group I was riding with was misdirected by a course marshal. Yes, I did have someone to race with. Went back and forth with one of the only participants heavier than myself in all of WORS. I took a big lead and then he came up at the end to pass me. Three people in my field whom I've always beat this year finished ahead of me also.

I said to my wife the night before the race, "Where's the spaghetti?"
"Sorry," she said, "but rice has carbs." (protein too)
So when I wake up mid morning to pack up and get to the race my wife had lovingly made spaghetti. Can't turn that down. Not sure if complex carbohydrates were good right before the race, (something was telling me not) and then the quart of chocolate milk on the ride up. I had an energy bar and drink after I got there and had two bottles of sport drink. We haven't had any pancakes or waffles for breakfast in awhile.
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