DNF.
No excuses, it was just way too hard. I don't have any remorse about the decision, and I certainly wasn't alone because I think only about half the field finished. With Superweek starting on Monday, I decided not to make a bad day worse. As I thougth, the course did totally decimate the field. The biggest pack was only 6 or 7 girls, most everyone else came in groups of onesie twosies... a long lonely day for a lot of people.

p.s. This is what it looks like as you launch the sprint about 300m before winning Nationals. Oh yeah, Mara Abbott kicks ass and pulled off an unbelievable ride today to finish in the lead group of 5 in the Elite race to get her second (U-23) title of the week.