Originally Posted by NoRacer

I'm a 4.

Yup, dropped--I did a century ride the day before that had lots of climbing.

Since the race was a "training race", I decided to train through. That was the first time I've done any type of intensity work since the end of season last year. When I thought I had enough, I dropped out. The race was my official change-over from long distance rides to quality training rides.