https://imgur.com/a/fRlDPwv
Boomer is right! (He follows me on Strava lol) I had a mechanical failure right before snow canyon, the steepest climb of the day. My chain dropped below the bracket. When I put it back on the cassette I had two links where the metal had bent beyond 45 degrees. The chain wouldn't stay on. Had to wait over 45 min for the bike tech. He removed both links, and thankfully I could still use all my gears. All that time waiting came off my official time. Watch said 5:09 with auto pause, and there was about 3 extra minutes of walking I could have taken off as well.
The good news is that I finished and my swim was in the top 10% in the world. I was in the top 150 before my mechanical, but my overall time would have landed me about 350th out of a massive 510 dudes in my age group. There were absolutely some alien athletes out there competing. Just shows me where I need to get stronger!
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