Erie 20k

Traveled to Erie last weekend for another 20k tt. Overall, my warm up was great and my new gear was on point. About a mile down the road I noticed a squirrel sitting on the side of the road. I was thinking in my mind; "don't run out please". As I approached it, the dumb thing decided to run out, but luckily it cleared my front wheel. However it decided to turn back and I flattened the thing. I looked back to see the thing laying there and I noticed my bike computer skipping off the ground. I was thinking "great another race shot in Erie". So without my bike computer I decided to pace myself off the guy in front of me. BIG MISTAKE, I blew my energy trying to stay with his pace and ended up suffering out the rest of the race. Anyway, I did break my previous pr (had a flat tire) and I'm looking forward to the fall.