I woke up this morning stuffed up and coughing and not feeling very well in general. I decided to go ahead and do the bike race since it was only 15min away and I had already paid. Before I started warming up I ate a brownie that Barb had put in my post-race snack cooler (along with watermelon, toasted almonds and some of the peanut butter trail mix bar). I think chocolate is the secret to a good race, I really do. Because I felt a little happier after eating the brownie and had a good warmup, bouncing around on the rollers and singing along with Jason Mraz. By the end of the race I felt good enough to race again. It's all in the brownie.