Bike course is 56miles of course and is flat. I live in Dallas and it is a local race. I think there may be a few hills (hills to me, flat to everyone else).

I have not planned out my bikes yet as I have no doubt in finishing the bike. I will be putting more miles than normal on my bike as I just got a tri bike a few weeks ago and need to really build my back muscles up. I'm hoping to get up to 4 hours or so on the bike with as much in the aero position as possible. I have never trianined properly on the bike other than just going out and riding a lot. This is only my second year of tri's and am slowly getting into more formalized training as I am setting higher goals for myself rather than just finishing. My first HIM will be just to finish though.

As for bricks, I will likely do some longer bike rides of 40-50 miles followed by some longer runs than my usual bricks, maybe 10k or so. My usual brick is just a 45 min. to 1 hour ride followed by 2 miles run.

Since my long runs look similar to yours, how did they do? Did you feel it was enough training? How fast was your run split if you don't mind me asking. I'm really only aiming to be an 11:00min/mile. I'd be super happy if it was closer to a 10min/mile, but I am a poor runner and worse at longer distances.