scared skeery scared - HIM looms in 2 weeks

+1  My 1st HIM was last July & I could have paced MUCH better.  HIM is long day not a sprint. I got so fixated on riding a good bike leg I was gassed for the run.  Last mi I literally could not run 150yds at a time without cramping & dropping to a walk.

Trust me- you will NOT forget how to ride in 3 weeks. Just get in some spins at your anticipated event pace to keep the legs fresh.

For nutrition- stick to products you know you tolerate well.  Read about how much to consume per hour.  There is a limit to how much the gut can process during exercise. 

You've prob read about importance of tapering for the event.  These next 2 weeks should be about keeping fitness you've gained in training & planning your event.  Big training sessions now will not improve your event fitness but may leave you tired/overtrained. 

And everyone worries about their training.  Try to relax & enjoy the day!!!

Looking at your logs, you will be fine fitness wise.  Just make sure you take in enough calories.  I knew how much I should have taken in during my first half and fell way short.  I paid for it on the run and afterwards.

I captured my nutrition failure here if you want to see what not to do.  

GOOD LUCK and HAVE A BLAST!!!

I agree. You're fine fitness-wise and remember ... if nothing else, you've been at this game a very, very long time and have a lot of experience to draw from.

Take it easy in the water and the first 1/2 or so of the bike (as in, easier than you think you should be going). Reassess at the halfway mark of the bike, and I'd say only speed up to where you think you should be for the second half of the bike, not any faster. As others said ... you can always lay it down on the run if you are still feeling unusually sprightly by then.

I think Gallowalking is an excellent idea. Again, if you hit the second half of the run and you're like, wow, I'm on FIRE, then walk less and run more.

your logs look good.  you will be fine.

just easy on the bike and go big on the run. 

If you're talking about the game of life, you're right, I'm an old (50yo) fart but I've only been training since 11/2010 and my first tri was 03/2011.  So, not so much experience with tris (though I was a fish as a kid).

Thanks so much to you and everyone else for their sage advice.  Here's hoping I remember it (ya know, senility and all...)  looks like their weather is like ours so don't need to worry as I'm okay with 35, 36.