Quote Originally Posted by e.e.cummings View Post
Anyone else go into a tri without lots of training?
Depends on what you mean by "lots of training." Last year I did a "super-sprint" tri several months before my "real" tri, just to have the experience of a short triathlon as practice for the longer one. I had been in training for the triathlon for a few months, but hadn't gotten serious about the training, and I was one of these people who couldn't make it across the pool even once when I first got in the water a few months earlier. The "super-sprint" (short pool swim, 10 mile bike, 2.5 mile run) was a great experience, both to prepare me for the longer race and to let me know where I needed work (um, running. I thought 2.5 miles would be easy, but I had done all of my running on a treadmill up until then and needed a lot of work to get up to running on pavement and hills!).

I think you'll be fine. You might not be as fine as you would have been without being out of commission for those weeks, but you sound like you're in good shape for all parts of the race, and it'll be a good experience even if you dog paddle through the swim and walk the entire run!

Good luck!

Sarah