EVCC RR today. Bloody disaster.
First I ended up running late leaving fer the race, not to worry, it's only an hour or so away and being a bit late means I'll only get 20-25 mins warm-up.
Traffic was **** so I ended up getting there 2 minutes after the entry cut-off. They kindly let me enter, but I only had 15 mins to find a parking spot, get me gear on, get the bike ready and show up at the start line which was 1km down the road.
Riding flat out to the start was me warm-up, just in time as they started sending the bunches out.
Must've been full of nervous energy cos I spent most of the time in the front 3 chasing down anything & everything (I usually wait fer a bit to see if anyone else is gonna move)
It's a hilly course with one short, sharp nasty bugger just near the end of the 18km lap.
I was near the front of the bunch when we got to it so I could slide back, and when I stood to climb, I got a mouthfull of vomit... gross... had to sit and swallow to finish the climb... more gross... over the top and down to the turn-around and my guts was doing cartwheels. Made the turn, one of the others came past me and said "bloody hell, you alright?" (I must've gone pale as a sheet) so I disappeared down a side road and hurled violently.
I felt like absolute **** so chucked it in and came home.
½ hour later, I was right as rain.
Never had that happen before. Same food as I always eat before a race, kids aren't crook at the moment... buggered if I know.