update:

I appreciate all of your suggestions and comments. What I tried to do and what I accomplished were two different things.

tried to eat a good breakfast
out of oatmeal at home so i thought i would stop at a starbucks on the way and get some oatmeal...all closed at 6am on a sunday...I did eat some granola and some trail mix but it wasnt the same (I had to stop at a truck stop to get that)

I get there and my cyclometer wouldnt work..no mph or cadence.....my tube went flat....got both of those fixed (did manage to punch a dent in my LAnd Rover (damn alumunium). I didnt have time to warm up because of trying to get all that other stuff done.

The ride
Nervous as hell going into it...saw alot of nice bikes and athletes. I got to the start line and took off.

4.5 miles into it my legs feel horrible. I am slow as hell and I dont feel well. Somewhere between mile 2 and 4.5 i thought about quititing. Mile 4.60 make a turn out of the slight wind and head down a very straight road. started feeling good. Glad I didnt quit.

finish time 1:12:44 not too good

I learned from my mistakes and will be more prepared next time. I am new to this and wanted to set a base time so I can train and get better. I will purchase some aero bars and work harder on achieving a sub hour 40k.

thanks again for all your help!