First DNF

This morning I had my first DNF. I've only ever done 3 sprints, but the one today was the first tri I ever did last year. I had trained really hard, and was looking forward to seeing how much I had improved in the last year.

I woke twice in the night with an upset stomach, but when I woke this morning I felt OK. I did the swim in about the time I expected, and felt slightly more tired than normal, but not too bad. I grabbed my bike and was just about to mount it when I started to feel very dizzy. I had to sit down right by the transition area to prevent myself fainting there and then.  I then proceeded to empty the contents of my stomach, and felt like I was going to die.

I had obviously picked up a stomach bug from somewhere, and I'm fine now. I'm really really disappointed though. You go through so much physical and mental preparation for a race, and then you suddenly have a DNF and four months to wait until my next event.