HELP! I am too slow!!

You are not too slow.  You are where you are.  And that's relative.  I'll be there are people on this forum that would like to be as fast as you     At this point, consistency in your training will reap benefits down the road.   Getting faster takes different times for different people, some take years, some take months.   Just go and enjoy the experience of your first tri.    Welocme to BT!

Hvae to second what Chris M said. you are as fast as you are. Do not think of this as competing against anyone else. Think of it as competing against yourself. What are YOUR goals for this race? Make them realistic. For a first race a great goal is 1. Have fun and 2. Finish. Any time you finish at will be a PR and will set you a good Benchmark to work from. Then next year when you do the same race you can see how much faster you have become. Speed takes time in all three sports from getting used to the feel of it to having correct technique on the swim. I would recommend much much more time in the saddle OUTSIDE and much more time outside running.  A treadmill will only get you so far and a Recumbant bike will not get you in shape for riding a standard bike at all. If you are riding a recumbant bike for your tri make sure it is legal per race rules as I know I read of at least 1 race near me that did not allow recumbants (with the exception of handbikes for those disabled who need them.)

Good Luck, do your best there, and have fun.

BTW 10 min/mile is not at all a bad run pace for someone just starting out. remember though to take it easy with running as going to hard to fast is the easiest way to get a training injury.

Rome wasn't built in a day...... that being said what you fall to realize is that even though this is a BT website many on here have been training for years. Take it slow and train correctly. Everybody starts somewhere. Your 17.2 mph on the bike and 10 minute mile maybe your starting point and someone else's dream goal.

Be patient and enjoy the training.

Well said. This is something we should all keep in mind regardless or ability or experience.

Yep, I'm one of those who wishes I was as fast as you... but, I'm where I'm at due to years on the couch...at 47 years old, I'll be doing my first tri in September... I wonder if years of competing in triathlons will help me get faster

So you have been training for about 1.5 months... and your tri is in a month. You basically have 4 weeks of solid training left before your race (w/a one week taper).

The truth of the matter is this... you haven't been training that long (just 2 weeks on the bike?)... and you are not going to get a whole lot of speed in the next 4 weeks.

Look at your AG results for last year and see where you might end up compared to the competition. I bet you will be soild middle of the pack. You most certainly won't be last.

Instead of putting all this pressure on yourself to be FAST (with so little training), why not put pressure on yourself to have a good race and to enjoy the moment?

Save it...I'm averaging around 16 on the bike (admittedly a roadie that doesn't fit very well) and I might hit 20mph on a downhill, and if my knees aren't barking then I'm probably around 9:30 pace on the run.  And I finish back of MOP (or is that front of BOP?) for the AG.  You think you're slow? You're still beating me, and I'm beating someone else.  Compete against yourself, not others, bc those elites are gonna smoke you. 

Like everyone else said....put in more time riding and more time running.  Speed will come slowly from getting out there and training, but it will come. 

Looking back at what I wrote...I sound kinda negative.  Sorry if I did.  Truthfully, for the amount of time you've been training you're doing great, so just keep working at it and things will come along just fine.  Good luck on the OWS too...my first was in a choppy Atlantic and I thought I was either gonna drown or get chewed on by a bull shark.  This was right around New Smyrna Beach too....good planning on my part to start out in the shark capital of the world, right?  Well, it worked out great in the end, bc if I can get through that I can do any OWS!