Question on peaking and staying peaked

why would you want to hit your peak two weeks out?

I'm not really sure I understand the question, and of course if 'peaking' means 'at your best' you want to peak the week OF the race, not 2 1/2 weeks prior, but my general reaction is that if you race the first HIM all out you would probably be ill advised to try to launch right back in to high volume training.  If it were me, I'd take two weeks to recover and slowly build back, two weeks of whatever training my body/mind could handle, and a week of taper prior to the second race.  This would depend, though, in part on the length of the second race.

IMHO,  sounds like you are peaking at the right time, as you said.   Obviously peak is not a one day event, but you have reached a peak in your fitness, and you can maintain that, but only for so long.  I am presuming that you will be taking a week of taper in prep for your race.   My question for you would be, which is your A race?  if the upcoming one is it, go all out,  take two weeks of recovery, then train at reasonable levels in prep for your next race.  If the following race is your A race, then you would probably hold back a bit in the upcoming race and then recover, 1 -2 weeks,  2 weeks of further peak training, and then 1 week of taper.   This type of training is entirely possible, and I would refer you to Joel Friels "Triathletes bible"  for further details.

if you want to have the best possible race you can, and are training enough to require a taper, 2 to 2 1/2 weeks out you want to fee pretty tired. if you feel great and are ready to go, A- you are resting too much or too soon, and B you are prob rested enough to not need to taper really.

Thanks for the advise.  I was planning a week out taper.  I feel 1/2 and 1/2 if that is such a thing.  My body is tired but some how I can do a training session anyway.  And I feel great afterwards, not where I am going to pass out.  This first race is going to be my A race, the next is just a Oly.

I think of it this way.  I am running today, OWS and bike brick Saturday, taking Sunday off, and starting my last week of training.  I only have one more good week of training and the Monday and Tuesday the week of the Tri I am just going for a slow jog, on Monday and on Tuesday a very light spin just to keep lubed up.  I am not swimming at all.