Beach 2 Battleship : Official Thread (Page 2)

butchcantswim and I signed up for B2B. this is also our first Full. We're excited and no regrets on signing up! Whe weather seems like it will be awesome constidering....

Just curious how everyone is doing?  I seem to be getting the desire to start training for B2B, but don't start officially training til April 11, which will be 30 weeks for the "Be Iron Fit" program.

Of course I'm getting a little ansy since it's a recovery week during my half mary training and I'm trying to enjoy an easy week now and one more before training officially starts so I don't burn out by November.  Being a northerner I'm used to doing a whole bunch of nothing starting in October, this year will be different

Is this thread only for those doing the full B2B? I am signed up for the half but sadly there doesnt seem to be a thread out there for it. It is sort of lonely. I am not even sure if anyone else on this sight is signed up for the half. But reading this thread makes me really want to go all out next year and try the full. It would be my first. Almost everyone I know thinks I am crazy just for doing the half. How wonderfully dimented would they consider me if I signed up for a full Ironman.

Is it possible to be Ironman ready in a year? I have never biked farther than 60miles and I have never been swimming farther than 1.2miles. Also I have only done one marathon in my life. For those of you doing your first Ironman this year how many years have you been tri-ing before you decided to go for the big one?

Rose, I hope this is open to all participants for B2B as I hope to get to meet some other BT'ers regardless of the race there doing or even if there just checking out the event.

I think your training for a HIM will prepare you to answer your IM question after your race on Nov 7.  I found the training for my first HIM last July to be the real chore,  come race day and after my taper madness I enjoyed my race even though we had severe thunderstorms with heavy rains, gusty winds, and even some small hail on the bike and then the sun came out for the run making things a soupy humid mess.  Either way it was a great day and I realized race day was the easy part.  That's when I thought I'd like to give the IM a shot this year. 

This is my third season back into tris, I took a little 18 year lay off from them.  I may have waited another year for an IM, but 2009 works out good with the family and our travel plans this year.

Good luck with your training.

Just curious how everyone is doing and if anyone is actually training for B2B yet?

This past Saturday was 30 weeks out from race day and I started the Be Iron Fit program Easter Sunday, which was a rest day and worked out well since I was at work anyways.

Hoping everyone's training goes well and stays injury free. 

Race fees paid and reservation deposit are in for our rental duplex in Wilmington.  If anyone is looking for a place to stay there's the downstairs unit of the duplex were using for around $500 for the week and just outside downtown Wilmington (near the corner of  Front and Ann St)

Steve

I was looking through the B2B site and found the following note added:

New for 2009! Organizers will also offer bus shuttle services into downtown following the event to ease congestion on the water taxis. .

That alleviates one of the main concerns I had about the 2008 race after reading about 2 hour waits for the water taxis, which would be a giant PIA after finishing a half or full distance race.

There's links on the B2B site for lodging and one of the hotels looks to be right across the river near where the water taxi docks.

well i'm about 95% sure i'm gonna sign up for the 1/2 as my first HIM.    this is just my second year and all i've done is 2 sprints and 4 Oly's.   i had planned on waiting till next year for my first HIM, but i've just about talked myself into it for this year.   after Alcatraz in June, i don't have anything scheduled so i'd have plenty of time to train.   just gotta get the nerve to pull the trigger.

I'm in for my first IM.

It looks like there will be a lot of folks from the Atlanta area! 

Great!  I think Neal is in as well.  It'll be great to have a lot of peeps from our club at the race.