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That sounds like perfect weather for a race.  Maybe a little cool at the beginning but once you get going it should be nice.

Best of luck to you!

Buy a cycle trainer. Set up infront of TV/computer. Watch tv or cycle training video(check out sufferfest  videos to buy.) To me cycle trainer way harder than road riding.

The Triathletes Training Bible

Weight Training for Cyclists

Base Building for Cyclists

Going Long (Like the training bible but specifically pertaining to Iron distance). 

Training and Racing With Power

Racing Tactics for Cyclists. 

That is my arsenal of training related books. The only one that isn't useful for triathlon is Racing Tactics for Cyclists.

If you are bored on a stationary, you'll probably be bored on a home trainer. I suggest getting a set of rollers. It requires you to balance and pay attention so it's less boring. If you have the cash get both so you can do a wider range of workouts. 

All this talk of off-season training plans while my season is still going! Granted the weather out here is so mild I don't really have an "off-season"  

I had a long and busy out of town weekend so I wasn't able to do much training for a few days. Getting back into the groove with a couple of runs and a great open water swim.

So it looks like I might be doing my first Century bike ride this coming March with a friend of mine. To date my "long" rides are about 25 miles, with 5 months to prepare how realistic is this? My goal will be to finish so I'm not worried about going at "race" pace. When it comes to run training I follow the "increase distance by 10%" methodology however with biking not being load bearing I believe I can up my distance more aggressively. With my HM run training I know I can exercise for over 2 hours so I think I can jump up to a 50 mile ride fairly easily.

Any helpful thoughts? 

You can probably ride much longer than you think. You should have no problem getting the distance down as long as you can get two good rides in per week. One shorter ride mid week and a longer ride on the weekend. Keep the mid week ride at most half of what your long ride is, with slightly more intensity and do the long ride slow and easy. If you think about the math, you have 20 weeks until the event. If you're already riding 25 miles, you only need to increase your distance 3.75 miles per week to hit 100 by game time. If you increase by 5 miles per week, which us easily attainable, you'll be able to ride 100 miles with a month left to go. Use the last 4-5 weeks to taper down and increase the intensity some. 

I have a copy of "Swim Speed Workouts for Swimmers and Triathletes" and I will agree that the workouts are not for beginners. I did the first couple of weeks then dropped off the wagon due to time limitations. Reading the book, however, did give me insight into the "high elbow catch",  gave me a better feel for the water, and helped me up my distance to the 1500m distance in my first Oly.

Alan,

Thank you for the breakdown, it does make it look more attainable.

I wrote this piece on winter training a week or so ago which might help with winter training options. It specifically pertains to winter training in Ontario, Canada, but the general principles apply to any place where winter is not cycling friendly. 

http://raceontario.wordpress.com/2014/10/19/winter-training-track-trainer-cyclocross/

Originally posted by b2b14 Finished my half yesterday. Had a good swim the current was strong which made for quick times. The fastest full time was 39 min on the swim for the 2.4! Did well on the bike no more knee pain since I had the bike adjusted and the new peddles put on. When I got off the bike i had lost feeling in my leg and foot which is what my doctor said was a show stopper. But there was no way I was going to give up. I started running feeling great. Caught up to another guy who i met waiting for our wave to start the swim. He was walking so i told him to jog with me, which we did till he wanted to walk again. I went his pace until mile 11, by that time I had regained feeling in my foot and leg, and my back was feeling ok. I think that was Gods way of saving me from myself. At mile 11 I told him I would see him at the finish line and started running again. My run time was the only thing I was not happy with, but I knew that was going to be a challenge. While not happy with the time, I feel like I gave it all I had to give and left nothing to spare. It was amazing. My whole family showed up and my daughter gave me a high five as i ran down the shoot, i even got choked up a little. Apparently while I was running my wive told my mother "I bet the first words he says when he is done is, I can do the full". She was close I said "next year I am doing the full" My brother also said that he wants to do the half next year. Hope y'all are having fun and enjoying your challenge this month. I am already looking forward to next season.

Awesome job!  Can't wait to read your race report.