Short Story: Personal Best by 17 minutes at 2:50:55, plus I think I had a few minutes left in the tank!Long Story: Coming from the flatland's of Illinois I was surprised to see that there are hill's in Madison, and in fact this half marathon which started at the state capitol, had quite a few, including an uphill 1.5 miles to the finish. I am glad I drove the course ahead of time.
Fueling: Had about 750 calories of mac and cheese from a nice Italian restaurant in Middleton near the hotel. I woke up at 4:30 to have my pre-race gas station apple fritter (don't ask why a fritter and not a bagel). Drank my 16 oz of Diet Coke at 530 am, plus an energy bar. Then I loaded 5 energy bars into my special "Pocket Shorts", overkill in terms of how many there were on me, since I ate 2.5 during the race (Millville - white chocolate macadamia nut peakbar energy bar at 250 calories per bar) every 30 minutes or so. I also had one cup of TYR sports drink at each of the rest stops, plus water after the first two. I did not feel at any point, any indication, that I was hungry or thirsty, so my fritter fueled eating strategy apparently worked.
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