@The Annoyed Man,The Annoyed Man wrote:
Edited to add: Certainly the more frequent and realistic your training regimen, the less likely you are to experience that dump so dramatically when the real deal happens. You'll just default to your level of training........which for old farts with not much money like me is kind of scary, because we don't have either the ducats or the physical capacity to train like that.
Oh and I wouldn't be too hard on yourself in that "old fart" department as I think your level of wisdom and experience gained through the years have taught you things more valuable than a classroom or money that you have shared with us on this forum.
Just to say that I agree with what you did.