THAT TOTALLY SUCKS!!!!!!!

I feel your pain. The only thing I can say that might possibly ease the pain a teensy bit is knowing that there are SO many rides for you in the future. This is only a season, and while it sucks in a big way, it is only a season. Before you know it you'll be back on the bike preparing for and actually participating in an event. And then another one, and another one. This will be a distant memory.

I've been in a really, really long season of very little bike riding due to health. After more than a year and a half, I'm just now starting to do rides that make me feel like a "real cyclist". Only I'm nowhere near where I used to be in fitness, speed and distance. But I'm enjoying the journey back and hoping to be ultimately be stronger than before. My season has been miserably long. Yours will not. But because of what I've been through, I can truly feel your pain.

IT WILL GET BETTER!!!