Beck (25), a dentist, leaves tomorrow for Europe, where she will first compete in the long-distance duathlon world championships in Geel, Belgium on August 10.
The long-distance duathlon starts with a 18km run, followed by a 74km bike ride and a 9km run to finish.
She will follow that up with another long distance event in Austria, on August 24, which involves a 14.7km run followed by a 76km bike ride and then a 6.9km run.
The final event in her nine-week trip will be the duathlon world championships, in Rimini, Italy, on September 28, where she will compete in the elite women's race, over the standard distance - a 10km run, followed by a 40km bike, and a 5km run to finish.
Beck, the 2007 New Zealand duathlon champion, finished 14th at the standard world championships last year and hopes to crack the top 10 in both the long and short distance events this year.
"I've never done a long-distance duathlon before, but I'm feeling good. I'm feeling stronger than I ever have."
Runs of more than 30km have helped her endurance base, and she said her coach John Hellemans' training regime had built up her strength for the longer races.
"You're looking at a race of between four to four and a-half hours and in long-distance events you are not allowed to draft on the bike. So that makes it a different sort of race."
Drafting was allowed at the standard world championships, and Beck said that made last year's world championships in Hungary a procession.
"I don't run too bad when I come off the bike, so that should help me. Running is my strength."
Beck tried some triathlons a few years ago but her swimming was not fast enough, so she stuck to running-cycling events.
This is her first lengthy trip away, as in previous years she went over and back for one race.
After her first two races, she will be based for four weeks at Triathlon New Zealand's house in the south of France, before heading to Italy for her final race.
"I've got six weeks between my last long-distance race and the world champs, so that should be enough time to do my speed work.
"I want to make top 10, but that is going to be tough. I'm going to be up against a whole lot of athletes who compete and train full time."
