Adding a weekly workout to your schedule that includes sections that mimic your A race course will improve your mental and physical preparedness for any race.
My journey into triathlon started simple enough — when I was eight I would run outside, bike to the city pool, and swim all afternoon each summer. I would spend so much time at the pool that I would go through multiple ear infections. Once I became a lifegaurd in high school, I called the kids like me “pool rats”.