Suck.
The field absolutely shattered on the first climb like two miles into the race. There’s no physiological reason I can’t go uphill. I would even go so far as to say I was reasonably good at going uphill in my younger days. Granted I trained 2-3X as much then… Anyway, I ended up chasing the gruppetto, catching the gruppetto, getting dropped from the gruppetto about three times. At the base of Big Mountain (well thought out name that one), I quit. I don’t think I would have made time cut, but I am really dissapointed in myself all the same.
I am not going to go watch the crit tomorrow. I think that might kill me.
EDIT:
Gotta get the heart back.
STRAIGHT OUTTA PROVO 
😦
come race up snowbird saturday to regain that confidence again.I’m sure you can still school me no?
I usually watch this after my own epic flails:
Tyler- No. No. And double no. I see no reason to do any more climbing for awhile.
AH- Fitting indeed.P
i never thought is was a good idea to ride a new bike for a long race just for the sake of a team.
lesson learned
I disagree wholeheartedly. If the form is there, it hardly matters what you are on. We had plenty of time to get used to the bikes. And they are sweet bikes.