Last year I was eliminated so needed to try this again today. Hung with the group (Elite 4) until the last sprint when the field left me. The best part was that during the last 5 laps I really felt awful. Suffering badly and thinking I was going to have to drop off. Might have been the heat. I was wondering if there was some way to throw-up in a peleton friendly fashion.  Just then, a guy pulls up beside me and strikes up a conversation about how might seat looks a bit low, my leg is bowing out to the side, yada yada…  The guy was fully conversational. It was like he was talking about the weather. Who are these people? At least I didn’t throw-up on him I guess.

Even though I couldn’t keep up at the end it was better than last year.

Mike