Great advice in the previous responses, so I won't repeat that. I have never used a coach and have been racing triathlons for about 5 years now. I found a local bike shop that was able to help answer my cycling/bike questions and they also organized group rides which was a good way to get used to riding with others around you. I had a few friends who were swimmers who helped me with swimming. Get friendly with the swimmers at the gym pool - there's bound to be a few triathletes training there. My motivation is training and racing with friends or at least familiar faces. There's a great book called the Triathlete's Bible by Joe Friel that I've found to be very helpful over the years. There are plenty of YouTube videos you can watch to get familiar with the transitions. Active has some reallly good training plans. I used an Active plan to train for my first sprint. Good luck!
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