Beach2Battleship Iron Distance Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 8)

you are not going to find any hills around. You could get some wind, but no hills.

Pretty much 3 pools. Wilmington AC (private club, but they could let you swim for a fee), YMCA which is a good bet I would think. They have a tri team at the Y and do have set times for Tri team swim practice, so maybe they would let you jump into one or two of those. There is also the YWCA. You are going to have to drive 25-35min from Kure to get to any of those pools.

Don't say "just doing the half".  You're just as important.

My weekend consisted of 70 miles in Cartersville (hill work for me), 90 minute run, and 45 swim.  I"m a little tired today.

Working on a bike focus right now since I'm a little slow due to lack of strength.  Been doing some good hill work.  I've got about 5 50-60 milers, and 2-3 60-80 milers so far.  Covington Century this weekend! 

I've just started ramping up in volume, and I'm starting to feel a little tired.  WIll have to work in more sleep time for sure.

Last year was definitely cold, windy and wet.  I did the full, but I can't imagine I would have wore anythig different for the half.  I wore an under armour cold gear sleeveless under a bike jersey that I put on dry in T1.  Due to the temperature, I wanted to at least have dry stuff for the start of the ride.  I did wear my tri shorts for the entire race.  Then I used arm warmers, which I was able to take off when the sun came out (much later in the day).  I wish I would have put on the leg warmers that I had in my transition bag, but I didn't think it would be that cold.  It was!!! 

During the time of year this race falls, you should be prepared for about any weather.  Have a plan for hot, cold and perfect weather.  Then make yuor decisions right before you have to turn your bags in at the transition areas. 

And who do you have to know to sneak in there....haha...tri shorts it is for the day...

Oh you know you wanna change out in the open and entertain the locals!! :-)

Does anyone know if B2B has bottle exhanges, or is that left to the special needs bags? I've done HIM races where there were bottle exchanges (give an empty, get a full), but not sure if this is as common in the Iron distance races?

Thanks!

Tim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcuYjDR2tSg

So I've been absent from the thread nursing a strained achilles but came across this in early July. Haven't seen it on the thread, I back pedaled through....this is the inlet for Cherry Grove Beach just north of Myrtle ....and not to far south from Wilmington. I won't be the lead swimmer for sure..praying I wont be the last :-)

The long hours have started showing up for the weekend rides. Who has what on tap for the weekend?

On a different note, has anyone figured out why we do this yet? I've come to realize that I enjoy it, but I can't figure out why?

Hi all,

I am signed up for the half this year and am getting very excited!!  Now if only the dreaded plantar fasciitis would go away so I could run....

Quick question for anyone who has done the race before.  Is the shuttle from T1 to the start for athletes only, or can family ride too?

Looking forward to a fun race!

Karen