Sunday 16 November 2008

Race day!!

Pre-race

Got up around 5am, had some coffee and some Apex BCAA tabs.  Put my bags together, checked out of the hotel, and drove over to the start.  Sipped on a bottle of Pure Sport while I was on the bus to the starting village.  At the starting village I grabbed a banana and a bottle of Cytomax.  Ran from the starting village to my corral (about a quarter-mile!) and warmed up with the traditional CrossFit warmup (without the pushups), and then did some running drills.

During the race

My corral started just after 7:30.  I didn’t stop at any water stops until mile 7, opting for the Cytomax bottle I picked up at the start.  I had 3 AccelGels on me, I had one every 40 minutes (and only ate 2 of them).  After mile 7, I threw out the Cytomax bottle and opted for water for the remainder of the race.  Finished 1:45:51, a PR!

Post-race

Got some water and some trail mix and sat around a bunch until I felt ok to leave.  Headed home; around 3:30 grabbed some pizza from Whole Foods.  Went to Matt’s El Rancho and had beer fajitas for dinner.  Ate only the tortilla and fajita meat/onions/peppers, and the guacamole and pico — stayed away from the rice, beans, sour cream, and cheese.  Had 1 mexican martini.