No I in Team, but three in Team in Training

Here's a picture of myself over 320 I thought I would share as motivation. I feel so bad for that guy.
I wanted to start off by writing about how much fun I'm having training as a member of the Ironteam. I'm not exactly a social animal, one reason why I've taken to a sport that asks me to spend a considerable amount of time in a pool, on a trainer, or on the road by myself. I am having a great time making friends with and being teammates to the other people on this team. I'm going through a tough patch and it's a great feeling to know that every Tuesday night at the pool and every Saturday morning I get to meet up with cool people that are on my side. Yesterday morning, I committed to doing a ride at 6 am. I woke up at 5:30 to a freezing (for California) morning and every bit of me was screaming to be allowed to go back to sleep. It was a weird feeling, but I couldn't let my teammates down so I got up and made the ride. By the way, I HAVE to get cold weather gloves for the bike.
As for training, I need to work on the following:
1. Breathing in the water - I'm still lifting my head and gasping for breath. This wrenches my neck and slows me down. I'm going to try swimming with a tennis ball under my neck to help.
2. Slow down my "all-day" pace on the bike and run. Burning out halfway through my last run interval showed me that I am going to fast. I do not need to put pressure to achieve a certain time on my first Ironman. Finishing will be a reward. Besides, every time I have become obsessed with finishing times, I have failed to meet them after setting an unrealistic goal. For now, I'll trust my coaches and slow down. This will allow me to work on...
3. Form. My swim, bike, and run form all suffer when I go to fast. I only really learned this stuff since May of this year and it hasn't been imprinted in me yet. Form will give me a bigger boost in speed then effort at this stage.