Beach2Battleship Iron Distance Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 3)

Respectfully disagree. Eagleman/Chesapeakeman are "totally flat" bike courses; B2B is not. There are some false flats, and rollers, particularly on the back side of the course. There's also a climb over the bridge going into what used to be T2/finish area.

My concern is that with the change of T2/finish to the Convention Center, we may have to bike over the long grated bridge that we previously ran. That might be kind of rough at the end of 112. But I'm sure Setup will figure something out.

Adgradiology, the change doesn't make a difference if you were planning on staying at the beach; still have to schlep back at the end of the event

You can see a little bit of the run course from the downtown view but nothing worth writing home about. 

OBX has a HIM beginning of September, That was my prep HIM last year before B2B it's in Manteo

Small race nice course

Blockade Runner is a great location for Start and T1, as well as for beach access for the family. Some people think it is getting a bit dated and they have not put that much money into sprucing things up. From a family vacation point of view you might look into Shell Island on the North side of Wrightsville. It is not as convenient to the start, but they just did a huge upgrade of the property.

Tough to say at the moment. With T2 and the finish now being downtown (course is still not known) it should eliminate the climb on the bike over the bridge coming into T2.

As for the run, the change might/should eliminate the 2 bridges that you did 4 times in the full. These were the big hills on the run course. I am guessing they are going to keep the run about the same and go from downtown to Greenfield lake (just like last year) but instead of doing an out and back they will have you go around all of Greenfield before heading back to downtown. You would then do that once for the HIM and twice for the full. (I have no inside info on this. This is just my personal guess as I live downtown Wilmington)

At the end of the day I think the run will end up being easier than in the past.

Hey fellow racers!  Quick question to the vets:  I've only used Tri Bike Transport for shipping my bike but I just found out they don't service Beach to Battleship...arrgg!!  Shipping via Fed Ex or on the plane costs much more $$$, plus the added costs of a bike box, dismantling, reassembling and tuneup.  Plus, I've had bad luck with FedEx and UPS in the past.

Does anyone know if there's a company like TBT (bike remains fully assembled, no tuneup needed, etc) that services B2B?

Thanks!

I couldn't find a half either, so I'm going back to my favorite Oly --- Lake Logan Tri --- on 8-4.  Plan to race it hard.  My training always feels better a week after that race, so it should be a plus.

New maps on B2B website.  Is this the new course?  T2 is at the battleship.

http://www.beach2battleship.com/files/b2bfullbike.pdf

Don Fink's Intermediate Full Iron 30 week schedule starts on Monday 3/26.  Anyone else going by this schedule?

I'm planning on it. Just need to pick up a copy now

I was aslo looking at a Matt Fitzgerald 26 week plan.  Any opinions?

My goal is sub 13...so I'm definitely no expert... 

I'm working through a combo of the Olympic distance and intermediate iron distance plans on BT.

It seems to be working so far......of course the race is still a ways off. I did IMKY in 2010 with the BT plan and it worked fine.

On a different note, who here is planning on wearing a sleeveless wet suit vs. a sleeved wet suit. I only currently have a sleeveless wet suit and was contemplating getting some sleeves to go with it or do I need to just get a sleeved suit?