I have now had a little time to reflect, so here are my thoughts on the day...
As I lay on the bunk in the medical centre I was very very disappointed. I felt like I had let myself down. But, I can now put it into a little perspective. And rather than be gutted about the 1.4km I didn't do, I am proud about the 173km that I did get through.
OK. So I didn't do enough training. 1,502 km / 60 hrs of training was way short of what was required. But why? I think the answer is complacency. After a great ride in L'Etape the year before, I knew that I could complete the Marmotte. There was no fear like I had had in 2007. And with this confidence came the complacency.
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