9am race start routine

I am going to be running the Edinburgh Half in April and it is a 9.00am start time. Most of my training runs take place in the evening and I was wondering about a couple of details for preparing for this time of start;
1. What should I eat the night before?
2. What time should I get up so my body is fully awake for the race?
3. What time should I eat and what type of thing should I eat for breakfast?
Apologies if these are basic questions but this is my first race of this type and I am beginning to feel the nerves so want to be fully prepared.

It would help if you can have some runs in the morning - just to get used to it.

1. Just eat normally - theres no need to carbo load, but no reason to experiment with food then.
2. Up to you - but if you have run at 9 then work back from there.
3. You need to find this out. Some people can run with breakfast in them, others need an hour or two to settle down. I prefer running on empty.

Worth having a few morning runs to see what you go like.

Agree with cougie to do a few morning runs at least - it can be a very different experience from running in the evening!

1. Eat something you know your stomach will tolerate the morning after (a good reason to try running in the morning beforehand). Loads eat pasta but I find that doesn't sit too well for me on the stomach so I usually have pasta two nights before and something potato based the night before. But this is something highly individual.
2. Again depends on the individual - I know some runners who can pretty much leap out of bed and be up to speed in minutes, where as I can be two to three minutes a mile slower! Typically I allow 3-4 hours, but curiously my half marathon best comes from waking at 3am to watch the Australian GP live and then heading down to Reading which was 7 hours.
3. For a race I normally have a normal breakfast (Cereal or porridge) with coffee, then an hour or so before the race have an energy bar, or banana or malt loaf. Again though this is highly individual and you will only know what suits you best with practice.