Megan Parkinson - Trial Member - 2014 Clarification
Rich - I had chatted with Patrick last week about my remaining 2013/upcoming 2014 schedule and thought my clarifications may have made their way to you. Sorry for the confusion! Nov. 16 is not a half ironman - it's the Thunder Road Half Marathon here in Charlotte. Patrick advised that I load up the 13.1 balanced training plan, which is what I've been doing since last week. My "A" race for next spring will be White Lake Half Ironman here in NC - usually it's the 1st or 2nd weekend of April. My wedding is April 25. I've joined a tri team here in Charlotte, and so I'm guessing I'll have other race commitments throughout the summer/fall and also have my eye on August 70.3 in late September 2014. Definitely no Ironmans.
As for testing, I did my 5K test this morning, and my time was 25:15, avg pace ~8:08 and avg HR 175 with a max of 180. Let's just say my body is having a rough time adjusting from IM pacing to speed!! But I got through it 
I'm still a little confused on the bike test process so will read up more on that before attempting.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Sorry again for the confusion