But you entered and you did it. It's not a failure, it's a learning experience that will make you better.
Today, I had a crappy group ride, my first not great ride of the year. I didn't contend any of the sprints along our 50 mile route. The pace wasn't too quick, but when they kicked it up a notch, I was hurting. So instead of dying a slow death, I peeled off the 8 man paceline and slipped back to help a couple of teammates who were dropped to come back and meet up at the next stop point. And they thanked me for it. And I gave advice to one of our young riders on what to do on the final sprint of the day - and he took the sprint for the first time ever! And I also made a mental note not to sub teaching a spin class on Saturday when I have sprints to contend on Sunday. I'm not so young anymore and I need a little more time to recover.
Don't do so great but learn from it and it's not a failure, but a success.
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