Pre-Urban Epic

So I stopped drinking coffee about 5 days ago, in preparation for the Boston Urban Epic Triathlon (aside from 2 sips at Charlie's on Saturday along with breakfast...you can't not order coffee at Charlies). I figure I'll have a little pre-race caffeine boost, and see how that works out. Last time I overloaded on caffeine, I feel like I really bonked on the run, but I think that was due mostly to the heat, and the fact that I didn't really control my caffeine intake. This time around, it'll be a quick shot before the race. Not an overdose, but enough for my body to remember it's old friend Mr. Caffeine, and put me into a good place for the race.

I think I've trained well since the Philly Tri. I had a nice little practice Tri in New Bedford, where I was generally happy with my performance. I always could've trained harder, longer, smarter, but I've been very consistent with training for 6 months now, and am feeling pretty good.

Had a nice day off on Friday, which is prescribed (the day before the day before). My legs were itching to do some sort of workout, ready to crank out a nice ride, but I managed to do very little. I did a decent amount of walking around Boston Friday night, finding a place to sit down and eat after my packet pick-up, but overall, a light day.

Saturday included some light transition practice, with some quick bike sprints around the block, followed by a run to the gym to swim some laps...and then the run back to the apartment. All done at a generally relaxed pace, but enough for my body to know it was getting the juices flowing.

I rode/ran the race course the week before, so I have a pretty good idea of what's in store. Although they changed the course a bit from last year, it's still essentially the same. The swim portion was the biggest change, and I need to just do some mental prep on that one.

Here we go...