Princeton 70.3 Race Report
Princeton was my last triathlon of the year and I wanted to go out with a bang. Besides a month of barely running, I would say that I had my best lead up to a race and was extremely confident in my fitness. Between Eagleman 70.3 in June and my taper for this race I squeezed every last drop of fitness from my body. The only thing left to do was to execute on race day. Having a later swim start, 7:56, there was no need to get up extremely early. I set my alarm for 4:40 a.m. and wanted to be out the door by 5:45 a.m. I had a great night sleep and awoke feeling fresh and rested. I started taking in calories at 5:00 a.m. First I had a smoothie (bananas, spinach, kale and blueberries - 200 calories). I then made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with my toothbrush since I forgot to pack a knife. The PB&J was left untouched until 5:30 a.m. (200 calories). I also had a pint glass of lemon-lime Nuun (zero calories), to top of the electrolyte...