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@knightlancer
Hmm - I was ultra-ing this weekend with someone who's done MDS and A-A twice (tho he looks more like the lost Ramone than Derek Smalls) - if that's you in disguise, SD, you're doing yourself a disservice saying you're not fast.
If you're concerned about injury prevention, forget it - you'll most likely get injured, but then so do short-distance fast runners. If it's what you want to do, do it - if you get an injury, deal with it - everything gets better. A lot of people can crack out 70 mile weeks every week without their body complaining - just build up to it and hope you're one of them.
It's a great sport - as Bad Science says, your rival is the race, so the cameraderie is exceptional, and you find out a lot about your body and yourself. Mainly how well you deal with pain management.
I might do the TT as well btw.