i am going to be racing the little smokies half ironman in portsmith ohio this coming may. it will be my first traithlon, and i am looking for a little trianing info/help. i come from an endurance sport background, through highschool and this past year and a half at shcool i have been a competive rower, but my training for the national team has left my back a little messed up and me bured out, so i moved to this.

i have been doing longer training on the bike for a few months now, and feel comfertable with that. the running i am getting back into, and i am comfertable swimming 500m repeats right now( i have only been swimming for about 3 weeks, which is the only swimming i have really done since i was about 8).

i am looking for a little more information about what i need to do to put together a training schedule for the upcoming months to be an agr group contender(20-24). any help would be great, and i am working on a very limeted budget as a college student(have the equipment, but cant afford a couch),

thanks