I caused a crash, slipped on the edge of one of the ft deep puddles right around a corner in the first gravel section; never saw the main group again. Bike got messed up. came to a rest stop and fixed it up the best I could. worked with several groups of stragglers before passing them (cat 5's not the easiest to work with). got a flat tire (probably pinch flat) on one of the last gravel parts, came to a rest stop and got a new tube. finished 30th or something. that totally sucked