Hi folks. On my only 200km brevet of this year last Saturday I DNFed. The route was from New West (Vancouver) south into Washington State, through Bellingham and down this rather nice road called Chuckanut Drive to a little spot called Edison where one eats lunch and heads back. Felt great until 85km, then the last part of the Chuckanut drive was a fun descent followed by an exposed flat farming area by the sea which was very windy and difficult. My buddy and I had not eaten enough but we should have been alright. In the restaurant/control I could not get warm or eat for the 3 hours it took to get picked up. Eventually when I undressed at home I found I'd worn a 100% acrylic sweater instead of an identical 100% wool one, so I guess it frigged my body temperature after getting soaked with sweat.
Normally don't post much but I thought I'd give you all an opportunity to laugh at my stupidity. My friend was on his first 200km brevet and he would have made it easily, he was doing really well.