I can't express enough how upset I am about the race at Gulf Coast. Although my preparation this year has been far from ideal, I was having a good day. I was the 2nd guy out of the water, and early in the bike found myself only half a minute down from the leader, Jamie Cleveland.
The entire pro field was very close together in the bike, and I decided to play it safe on the bike, and not get caught in the excitement or work at the fron all by myself. Sadly, cars were able to enter the opened to traffic course, and I saw myself stuck behind one of them. Because of that I was unable to see the competitors ahead of me, and with the stagger rule, I was penalized for being immediately behind a fello competitor ahead of me, even though there was a car in between us.
I took a 2 minute stand down penalty, and upon reentering the race, I could not find my rhythm again. I chose to pull out, and save my game day fitness for the Rock&Roll Half Ironman in 3 weeks.
Hopefully things will go according to plan at that race.
Ciao,
Felipe
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