Beach 2 Battleship : Official Thread (Page 9)

At least it's only two laps so when you see the finish on the first lap you know that NEXT time you'll be done!!  I did a HIM in May that was a three loop run that you literally ran along a fence that seperated the finish chute from the loop---tough to have to go by the finish two times (especially since there was a hill at the beginning of each loop) before getting to finish---the first time wasn't bad because it gave you a "goal" but the second time was cruel!!!!

Thanks for posting the routes.  It looks interesting.

Early there was some talk about a hill on the run.  It doesn't look like there is one. 

Do you want to see the actual Hill?

Go to Google maps:  http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

Then use this address:  301 S Front St, Wilmington, NC 28401

Hit the street view then use the arrows to turn the view towards the river and there's your huge arse hill

It's a little climb, but even if you walk that little section to keep the HR in check your not going to lose that much time.  It also looks like there's a rise on Front St too, but nothing huge to worry about.

Hey guys.... ARM WARMERS...last October I ran 3 marathons in 20 days...all in cold areas. Something I picked up was to take a pair of tube socks, cut the toes out of them and wear them as arm warmers until you get hot, then peal them off. Then keep them with you in your jersey until a water stop and throw them out then.

just a thought!

This has been my least trained IM, but hopefully it will be enough!!  We moved this summer & with 2 kids to settle into a new town my training was next to nothing over the summer.  I am trying to ramp it up now but I have had to do a lot of time on the computrainer (atleast it is flat training, I live in the Shenandoah Valley - there is no such thing as flat here!!) due to schedule.  My one and only century ride will be next weekend, I have had no ows time (there just anywhere to ows here!) but my run feels great and I'm hoping that will carry me through!! 

All those fun races everyone has been doing lately, I've been working!  Out of the last 12 weeks I have been traveling and timing races for atleast the last 8 - eek!  I am racing this weekend at Take Flight (Charlotte) because it is my all time most favorite race, but otherwise I haven't raced since FLA 70.3 in MAY! 

I'm hoping this will be my finish a 13 hour IM in 10 hours or less of training - we'll see in about a month!!