I've been lurking here for awhile reading up on all the posts and suggestions for my first tri (a sprint, which is next Sunday).

I've got a couple of questions I was hoping some of you seasoned vets wouldn't mind answering...

Clothing wise, I'm a girl on a tight budget so I can't really afford to go out and buy a tri only outfit, so I was going to wear my running shorts and enell sports bra to swim in, then at T1 I was going to pull on my bike shorts and jersey (and shoes of course). For T2 I will remove the bike shorts and run in my compression shorts and bike jersey.

Does this sound ok?


Secondly, of course I got sick this week- a sore throat/fever/clogged ears. I immediately went to the doctor and he told me it was a virus and nothing I could do but rest and take decongestent. So I was off my training for 3 days because of it. I feel nearly 100% better now (thank god), and I was planning on tapering starting on Tuesday, so I should do really hard good workouts till then to make up for the days I missed- right?