First "brick" ever.
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cayman posted 1 year ago.
way to go, congratulations-- first of many I'm sure.
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
Good job!!
It is always a challenge in the beginning, and we all began there.
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Buellerandy posted 1 year ago.
I definitely spent the last 2 days taking it easier than usual lol. But thats ok. Gotta swim tonight:)
Thanks for the support.
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chefblueyes posted 1 year ago.
Today was our 1st "brick"! We rode 16 miles, and then ran 3 miles, it was fuuuuun! Very high winds today though, and it was over 90 degrees, but we did it! But I am verrry drained now, I'll tell ya that! A nap and full body massage would be nice...
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
Rehydrate rehydrate rehydrate! And nice job :)
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deepbluex posted 1 year ago.
Running is easy. Biking is easy.
Running after biking... eh... that's hard. Legs feel like jellO, your feet weigh a ton, you can't lift your knees up... It's a real challenge.
Getting at least familiar with the sensation of running after a bike is essential.
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Buellerandy posted 1 year ago.
I'll be a happy little scooter if I can bike 13 miles and still run 3 miles this Sat. after work.
Congrats!
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cicada77 posted 1 year ago.
Did my first "brick" yesterday. 10 mile bike and 3 mile run. Felt great and I even kept my run pace at a good level! My running addiction is quickly becoming a running/biking/swimming addiction.
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Anton posted 1 year ago.
A gentle reminder that routine running off the bike ( a transition run) even for 10-15 minutes helps the body to get used to the feeling of hitting the pavement off the bike..it also helps your bricks go more smoothly. Not hard...just get the gams rolling.
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homey posted 1 year ago.
I'd echo Anton's point and then add that once you get solid at the brick, throw in the odd multi-brick. I've done 30K-7K X 3. You get the feeling a few more times in a session. If you're really slick, negative split the last set. :)
Cheers!
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Buellerandy posted 1 year ago.
I think the term "slick" should be replaced by the word "SICK!" lol hopefully I'll be in that kind of shape by next summer.
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stewarba posted 1 year ago.
homey;76334 wrote:
I'd echo Anton's point and then add that once you get solid at the brick, throw in the odd multi-brick. I've done 30K-7K X 3. You get the feeling a few more times in a session. If you're really slick, negative split the last set. :)Cheers!
Damn Homey, this IS the "basic/newbie" forum - :)
I'm on the second week of my 10 week preperation for a Sprint coming up on 10/13 and Today is Brick Thursday. 35 minutes on the bike followed by 30 minutes on the run. My schedule does have me increasing the times each week, but my goal is to be more effecient and cover more ground in a given amount of time vice just riding/running for a given distance.
Any thoughts on approaching your training from a time oriented approach vice a distance approach?
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2008 Sprint Tri A race goals
S: 500m in 10:00 – FS Stroke only
B: 22mph avg over course
R: 5K <= 25:00
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RV posted 1 year ago.
stewarba;76364 wrote:
Any thoughts on approaching your training from a time oriented approach vice a distance approach?
The majority of my bike and run sessions are time-based rather than distance. Except of course for when doing TT's.
And swimming is predominately the opposite for me: swim distances rather than time.
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
stewarba;76364 wrote:
Any thoughts on approaching your training from a time oriented approach vice a distance approach?
For the most part I do my training for time.
Running, biking and swimming.
I find it easier to go out for a set amount of time and then return.
(60 minute run= 30 minutes out + 30 minutes back)
I don't have to work about mapping out my mileage. I try to speed it up on the return to get a negative split.
As I progress I get farther out in the same amout of time. :D
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wirebook posted 51 weeks ago.
Congrats on your brick!
I've found over the past few months that by making nearly all of my weekday bike workouts bricks my ability to run fairly fast off the bike (and sustain it) has helped tremdously. Of course, I usually only ride twice on the weekdays (T/Th) and then on the weekends. But I generally follow a 60-90 minute ride with a 4-6 mile run. Now I'm to the point where the legs only feel a bit funny for maybe the first hundred yards or so. It's also helped quite a bit on pacing. I've found that by default I'll actually run faster than planned off the bike than just during a standalone run. Likely because I feel slower than if I was on the bike. Now I've been able to get a better grip on that to ensure a more even run (and then negative split it).
As far as time vs distance goes. I do cycling based on time (i.e. 60 minutes/3 hours, etc...) and running/swimming based on distance. The training plans I was following did running based on time as well as cycling. But I substituted by own running plan in there as I like to run considerably more than the default plan (in addition I've also got a marathon about 45 days after my HIM).
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8 miles biking, 3 miles running. %&$# YAH!
Whole new accomplishment versus swimming then running.
Thanks everyone for all the helpful hints and advice I was able to dig up!
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