My first indoor tri - strategies anyone? (long)

I just registered for my first indoor tri. Its going to be on Dec 12 - approx 3 weeks. We're talking everything indoor - swim in pool for 10 mins, Bike on stationary for 20 mins, Run on dreadmill for 20 mins. There's a 3 min swim to bike transition time allowed before the next clock starts running. There's a 2 min bike to run transition. Scoring is very interesting!!!! Its done on a weighted per sport basis - not total distance overall. 30% swimming, 40% bike, 30% run. Example of scoring is below. The bike distance travelled is increased as you increase resistance (just like you would change a gear), run is 0 incline - go as fast as you can.

My goal = I want to go hard and place as high as possible. I've completed sprint program and have just started Olympic base build. Any strategies or suggestions on nutrition, transitions, workout prep, taper, etc? How about pre-race warm up?

With this type of scoring, how you finish depends entirely upon blowing out anyone else close to you (because their % becomes so much lower). 100 yards difference in the swim can be absolutely huge since it can shift around so many points. Same thing with the run - 2 tenths of a mile can make or break you.


Scoring example: Swim=30% max, Bike=40% max, Run=30% max
Best swimmer does 850 yards in 10 mins - weighted swim score is 100% x 30% = 30% (best possible score)
I do 600 yards - my weighted score is (600/850) x 30% = 70.5% x 30% = 21.17% weighted score

Best biker does 10 miles in 20 mins - score = 100% x 40% = 40% (again best score possible)
I do 9 miles = 9/10 x40% = 36% weighted score

Best runner does 3 miles in 20 mins = score 100% x 30% = 30%
I do 2.7 miles = (2.7/3) x 30% = 27%

My total weighted % is 21.17 + 36 + 27 = 84.17%