Originally Posted by itri

Oh man - where do I start?

First Tri - 8/14/10 - 300 yards swim, 10 mile bike, 5k run

Swim: It's at the ocean. Water temperature was 76 degrees this morning. Unless it warms up considerably between now and then, I'll be very cold. Yet I'm too cheap to buy or even rent a suit. It's only 300 yards. I probably wouldn't be in the water for more than 10 minutes. Am I just asking for it?

Bike: I bought a Dawes SST AL last month for the Tri. It's a FG/track geometry. Since then I've been reading a lot about the aero position. So I decided to swap the post and clamp with one from one of my kids' bike (it has an adjustable clamp). I set up a forward offset and set the seat forward. Again, too cheap buy a real aero bar I've decided to wing it between the drop and invisible aero bars. The logic again, it's only 10 miles. Am I asking for it, again?

Run: This one I think I have covered. Just that my shoes are about 5 years old.

Advice and words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.