If you are using the IM program here the 20 week countdown starts Sunday.  I am going to post my summary of workouts each Sunday on here.  Good luck and see you in 20 weeks!

Brian Cooper

OK! I guess there is time but the bike course I found on b2b website differs dramatically between 50 and 70 miles from yours and others I have found on this site. I have plotted the one from their website on this site, just search for B2B and it will be under my name arnenes. Now we have 20 weeks + one day to figure it out.

Cheers to all and I am also embarking on a 20 week plan this week end.

Arne

Duration calculation results

From and including: Friday, June 25, 2010
To, but not including : Saturday, November 13, 2010

It is 141 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date

Or 4 months, 19 days excluding the end date

Alternative time units

• 12,182,400 seconds
• 203,040 minutes
• 3384 hours
• 20 weeks (rounded down)

More trouble! the run course is also different. What are we going to do? there will be BT's all over the place!

A

The run course link is from the first year of B2B and was changed last year due to the massive traffic issues that resulted from it.  The run course listed on the B2B site is what we did last year and didn't seem to mess things up all that bad.

On edit, the ride course link is from the first year too.  I'm not sure how it worked but we hit interstate 140 and headed out to the course.  Nice ride once we got on the interstate, which was kinda of interesting. 

There were many issues with traffic in the first year of the event.  

The first day of my training plan I changed up a bit.  I substitued a 2 hour cycle with a 60 miler 3 hr cycle.  Did not want to go backwards from my current long rides. Plan is to add about 10 miles each week to the long ride. I lifted weights and then did core 1 exercises.  For my HIM I did not do any core training for this I am going to give it a try.  I also purchased a book from Barnes and Noble yesterday called "The Triathlete's Guide to Mental Training by Jim Taylor Ph.D. and Terri Schneider. Good information on how to do some mental exercises and processes to boost performance.  I am open to see if it works. 

I decided to take some more advice and see if I can work on the mental part of my trianing as well.  

My first of 20 weeks started OK, was worried about getting into the running again but did 3 days in a row with no major issues. Yesterday I tried to cycle to the cottage. Fierce headwind 30 km/hrs made it into a grinding slow torture, then I fell and my pride was really hurting, of course lots of people watching me going of the shoulder into a ditch with feet locked into pedals. Anyways it all got worse when my stomach told me to sit up or I will make your life hell! Had to be picked up only 17 km from the cottage, but at least I managed to do 120 km before trowing in the towel. Next week vacation in Norway, no bike, sea temp around 10C, so I will run Forrest run!