First Official Brick Workout

Tonight I completed the first official brick workout of my training session. You may be asking yourself, "What is a brick workout?" Well, it is very simple, a brick workout is a training ride on the bicycle followed immediately by a training run. It is a popular way to prepare for triathlons as it helps the athlete to begin to put the disciplines together as well as work on their transition. I also added in the chance to break in/try out the gear that I will be using in the race.

(I say that tonight is my first official one, although I did do a back to back bicycle ride out of necessity a month or 2 ago.)

Of course, mother nature did her best to make it as miserable as possible with temperatures above 90 for the first time this year, as well as stiff winds out of the south. Luckily, the heat didn't bother me much, but the wind did slow me down on the first half of my bicycle ride. I kept things light since it was my first time completing a brick.

My ride was only 5 miles, but as previously mentioned, the first half was into the wind.

My legs sure felt funny when I began my run, and after riding on the bicycle, I felt like I was going really slow. I ended up running a great speed for the weather conditions and felt like I was at an easy pace the entire run.

I had my wife, Erin, snap a picture of me afterwords as this is my first time training in my my tri jersey and running in my tri shorts. As you can tell by the tan lines, I'm not used to sleeveless shirts, but I really believe it helped me keep from getting too hot during the run. 

Not too shabby for a formerly morbidly obese fella huh?