I have NOT done this race. I had it on my calendar for this year but ... excuses excuses excuses. I believe Gina (grvfrog) is still planning on doing it this year.
I am going to volunteer in October just to get an idea of what it is like, and plan on preparing for it for 2007.
From what I hear, it is well run, but it is an "unusual" venue. You do multiple (as in 24 for the swim, 45 for the bike and 26 for the run) loops to complete the distances. So the entire race takes place within a relatively small area.
Oh yeah, it is NOT Virginia Beach. Lake Anna State Park is more central VA - probably close to 2 hours from Va Beach and an hour south of DC.
I have no idea what your base is like, and NO offense intended, but I can't imagine just "giving it a go" unless you were in EXTREMELY great shape. Exlcuding the thought of a 3+ hour swim, the difficulty of getting off the bike in an regular IM and running a marathon is bad enough. Now bike for 14 hours (the time a lot of us FINISH an IM in) and go for a 50+ mile run??? And THATS just the DOUBLE! lol
You might take a look at the volume that Gina is putting in preparing for it.
I did a 50 mile trail run that was difficult for me to finish. Anyway, probably stating the obvious, but an extremely mentally and physically demanding challenge.
If you do decide to attempt it best of luck and see ya there.
Crap, I meant to put the website link in case you haven't seen it:
http://www.usaultratri.com/welcome.html
At the bottom of that page you can click on links to see the S/B/R courses and descriptions.
Edited by glf33 2006-08-01 10:38 AM