Originally Posted by
TheKillerPenguin
Thanks to you and @
globecanvas, but fwiw I'm honestly not upset about it. It was so odd that there isn't even any hand wringing to be done, it certainly wasn't fitness or tactics related. I guess you race enough and you're bound to have an inexplicably off day on occasion.
This was the 3/4 field? Were you in your NY Champ jersey? I was in that field for a few minutes. Way out-classed from the start. I should have stuck to the 4s. As we got to the top of the second (?) climb (just before the cones in the road) I couldn't breathe and had to fight the urge to rip off my jersey and base layer to be able to breathe. It was like an asthma attack/panic attack. It was at that moment that I really regretted not having gone to the doctor for this lingering chest cold. Mental note... if you've been coughing for a week or so and generally not feeling well, don't do capital regions. (Not that it would have made much difference. That race blew up all the strong guys I knew...)