Limewave,

You had a rough day but you made it through. And just because you were the only woman in your division that doesn't mean that you don't deserve a medal, it just goes to show how hard it is to do these races.

You'll spend the next few days overanalyzing what happened. I would guess that a lot of the fatigue was coming from the new restricted diet. And it doesn't sound like you've had time to train. The constircted feeling and turning blue...I really don't know, but it sounds a little like the symptoms you get with a panic attack. I don't think you a had a panic attack but with the stress of the situation you can overstimulate the same parts of your nervous system that would lead to similar symtoms, maybe. I'm just speculating.

Good job on toughing it out. You have to have a bad race once in a while. You should still be very proud.