that cbadrider is very good advice, thanks so much for that tip, i will be sure to do that. anyways, my main concern now is the time factor. it takes me about 2 hours to ride 30 miles. granted a bunch of that time is on hills, steep hills, but i would say my time in the bike race part will be an hour and a half probably. the race starts at 830am and ends at 12pm when they hand out awards. that leaves me about an hour or so for each swim and run. i know my run will be like an hour or so as well. how can i do this?