Doing the distances before the race - question

[tribogota]

I rode the full bicycle distance at least once a week. I swim the swim distance 5 days a week, and I never ran the run distance until the race. I do swim/run short bricks 2 days a week and swim/bike short bricks 2 days a week. If I do it again, I will do the run distance once a month.
Good LUCK and have fun, just do what you CAN between now and september!

[KSH]

It's fine to do the swim and bike distances. For my HIM training plans, I have actually ridden up to 65-70 miles.

Look at it this way... 56 miles needs to be EASY. Just a typical weekend ride-ya know? You shouldn't see the distance as "That is so far!"

You can train- even overtrain the distances for the bike and swim and come out fine... but with running it's easy to get injured. So if you only do a couple of runs up to 8-10 miles you will be fine.

I personally don't do long bricks. I didn't do it for IM training nor for my HIM training and I think it's fine. My coaches for 2007 and 2008 thought so to- that's how they wrote my plans.

Short bricks are beneficial I think, and I do one a week. I go ride a very steep hills for an hour (up and down!) and then I run 3 miles right afterwards.

Good luck! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!