Subject: RE: I need as many opinions as possible Greg-
This is a challenge. Here's what I would do......
It sounds like you really want to give it a shot and that is important. I haven't looked at your logs, but assuming you can already swim the race distance under the time limit, work on increasing your time on the bike to 7 hours in zone 1 or zone 2. Don't worry about speed at all-you don't have time to train for that and if you do speed work you will sap energy away from the endurance stuff that is critical for you. Take in 300 calories per hour on the bike rides. You can add about an hour per week to your long bike rides. You have time for 2 build weeks, one recovery week, then 2 more build weeks.
7 hours on the bike is probably longer than you will spend on race day, but it builds overall endurance without the pounding of running. For the run, plan on a walk-run strategy. In the 2 build weeks add 30 min per weekly long run and do all of your long runs 5 min run to 1 min walk. Run continuously for the rest of your weekly runs.
Do a race distance + swim once a week ( maybe up to 1.5 hours continuous swimming ) along with 2 other shorter sessions-No speedwork, just technique.
I don't know if you will hold together for this, but it will get you pretty far if you are young and fit,have no injuries and are willing to risk a DNF of missed time cut-off.
Write me with questions, I can give you some more ideas.
Ingrid
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