First, how DO you remember the course like that???
Second, good for you on the scary downhill! Don't you love that feeling of conquest?!
Finally, I feel your pain - or at least your shortness of breath. Over the past two years, my asthma has kicked it up a notch, and I never know if it will be a good day or bad day. So major kudos to your finishing and then to your doing decently!
Riding through fear, asthma, a cold....you inspire me!
The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew--and live through it.