Originally Posted by
obra3
You have your good days and your bad days- even if you do everything right.
This is where having a PM comes in handy in looking to see if you went too hard on the bridge. Probably not, but if this was your "A" race with an extra shot of adrenaline...can be a fine line there.
Time of day issue...unlikely.
Good opener the day prior?
Feeding time and type prior to the race?
Change in your warm up?
Sliding off your peak?
All this is assuming you didn't roll out of bed 10 minutes before your start time.
But Obra is right, bad days happen. Awful when they come at a big race.
Sorry to hear it didn't go well.