1) RO--are you doing Sprint, Olympic, Half-Ironman, or Ironman triathlons? (In other words, are you just a little bit nuts, kind of nuts, certifiably nuts, or completely nuts?) Eventually I would like to try the Sprint or Olympic, but I am DONE with full marathons!
2) I never could sleep the night before a race. I usually had to get up in the middle of the night to get there, anyway. My unofficial trainer kept telling me that it was more important to get a good night's sleep the night before the night before a race, anyway. Sounds like your short night didn't hurt you!
3) Finished painting the dollhouse just now, finished Henry V this morning, finished reupholstering/rehinging the linen chest last night.
Thank goodness I found the Loratab, because I don't have materials on hand to install the shelves in the spare room! (I do have some pillow shams I need to make, though...)