Here is where I could really use the wisdom of experience. I just finished my first tri in March, and used Eric Haar's training program. Now that I have one under my belt, I'm ready to ramp up my workouts and try to become competitive.

Here is my question. His program has you start slow (2 weeks of 4 day a week workouts, then 2 moderate, and one hard, followed by a taper before the event). Now that I'm six weeks out from the next event, the 2 slow weeks seem very slow. I have moved up to the next level of workout, but I'm wondering if it's okay to just jump in at moderate intensity? I ask because I have a tendency to overdo it sometimes out of excitement or too much enthusiasm.