Is it feasible?

[anneimall]

Anything's possible. Day by day.

[teigyr]

Of course you can do it!!! Swim is relatively short. 12 miles on the bike? You KNOW you can do that! 3 miles running? If you had to, you could walk or run/walk.

Look at it as fun and I bet you could do it as you are now. Of course, the more in shape and prepared you are for it, the comfier you'll be!!!

I signed up for one in the Fall. The things that make me nervous are the transition type things because any of the athletic things aren't THAT bad

'course that IM stuff is a totally different story.

[wurkit_gurl]

Of course you can do it!!! Swim is relatively short. 12 miles on the bike? You KNOW you can do that! 3 miles running? If you had to, you could walk or run/walk.

True enough- I can do 12 miles on my crappy hybrid, so I suppose I could manage on the road bike- I just have to get more comfortable with riding it.

I saw a few local ones (or reasonably local- like an hour or two away) at the mid/end of August, though I don't want to push myself too hard and cause an injury.

Can anyone recommend good places to find training programs (online, or book, etc) for all three sport components? My gym doesn not have a Master's swim program (at least not at the branch I'm a member of- and you have to pay extra to join another branch), and I can't really afford to join another gym/team, etc. But my sis was a competitive swimmer for years, so I could probably requisition her for some help. Other than that, I don't really have access to any warm bodies for assistance. If only I was still friends with the ex who was a nationally ranked triathlete... :-P

[HillSlugger]

Check out Beginner Triathlete. As an unpaid member you have access to a variety of training programs. As a paid member you can access a vast library of training programs. They've also got interesting articles and (my favorite) a great training log feature.

[KSH]

Well, I think you can be ready by August, easy.

You just need to start running and swimming. Use your hybrid if you need to for the bike.

Training for a year is probably more than you need. Why wait that long? Go for it this summer!

Good luck!

PS- www.beginnertriathlete.com is a great site!

[Wahine]

YES

[rocknrollgirl]

Go For It!!!!!!!!!!