So as I started to ramp up my training for IMMT, I pulled a muscle in my back and had to stop training for 5 weeks. There was no training for most of June. So my issue I'm trying to resolve is can I still do IMMT. My back is feeling good enough that I can train again, although I do need to be careful to a degree. I can't transfer to a different race because it's too close to IMMT to do a race transfer for the $50 fee. I did do Racine 70.3 this past Sunday and it took me 6:23...if I hadn't been injured, I'm probably doing that race in the 5:30's...to give some perspective. So right now I don't feel very confident I can bridge the gap between a half and a full in three weeks of training. I think I could do a pretty descent 70.3, but not a full. What I'm asking fellow ST'ers is do you think I can bridge the gap safely and complete IMMT? I realize there's no PR for me this year, but I paid the fee, have the hotel room, still have a pretty good attitude...so has anyone gone through something similar? I think that I can get in 540 miles on my bike, 75 miles on the run and 17,000 meters swimming over the next three weeks with weather permitting. These are based on work hours and some rest between workouts. I don't want to do a 16 hour sufferfest, does sub 13 hours sound reasonable???

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