Went to Nationals in Milwaukee to see if I could qualify for Worlds at both Sprint and Olympic distances.
Drove 12 hours. Dropped my bike off.
Ready to Race - cool green shoes, huh?
Solid race on day 1 - Olympic course - Qualified for worlds! The only problem was a side stitch a mile 4 - sucked, lost a couple of places, but got through it in the end.
When I went to get my bike after the race, it had gotten tossed around a handlebars were messed up.
Day 2, I was having a good race until I crashed my bike coming into T2 - tried to thread the needle between two old guys from an earlier wave and one of them staggered in front of me in the middle of my flying dismount. Fur was flying - lost my bike shoe, but didn't realize it at the time. My toe got the brunt of it.
T2 was a mess. I forgot to take off my helmet and started to go out the wrong exit. Fortunately, a spectator was yelling at me about the helmet and I stashed it nearby and didn't lose too much time.
I then qualified for the Sprint Worlds on day 2.
Job done!
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