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Same here, I put a fairly big effort in coming out of the second lap and into the third. Once I hit the climb I had popped, took me what felt like two laps to recover and go again! I was gasping for water, the GF later told me she had a bottle for me in her bag the whole time. She thought I wouldn't want it haha, maybe next time!
I was badly in the red after two laps, then probably backed off too much as I was worried about finishing. I also didn't have anyone handing me up bottles, so was gasping by the middle of the race.