Kickin' bricks....

Well, okay, so maybe not bricks, maybe more like brick... I've never done one before, and I'm not sure that I can even call this one a "real" brick, but I will say that I was more scared of how it would be than it really was. Today was a gym day, so I was in the gym working my arms, and had planned to finish up the day and try a "brick." For all my friends who don't know, and yes, I just learned this, a "brick" is a training rep, that combines two disciplines from the triathlon. Leave it for today for f'n 24hour fitness to turn the damn heat on in the building, the place was like a sweatbox, just working my arms, I was sweating, not to mention the "brick." The brick I did today was stationary biking 5 miles then treadmill running 1 mile, apparently this is a difficult transition for your body to accomplish, from the muscles used in bike riding, to the muscles used in running. To be honest, this had a me a little scared, I have read up on how people had issues making this transition, and how bad these bricks can be. Well, yesterday I got a blister on my right foot from running, not a good thing for today, so that's kind of what pushed me into an "alternate" training routine. Long story short, I jumped on the stationary bike at the gym, and started off, weight 210lbs, level of difficulty 5, random course. I wanted to push myself to see what I could do, pedal rpms were running about 140-160 for 5 miles, approximately 13.30, my heartrate never climbed over 161, which I was very happy about!!! YAY!!!! After 5 miles, I stepped off the bike, and over to the treadmill, approximately 1 minute or so, and started running, starting at 7.1mph, I guess it's about 8.27 minute/mile or so for the first half mile, not too bad, punched it up to 7.5 mph or 8min/mile for a quarter mile, feeling really good, up to 8mph or 7.30min/mile for .15 of a mile, and finishing strong at 8.5mph or 7.04min/mile for the last .10 of the mile. I think I realized today, that as long as my swimming comes along, I can really do this. I'm happy.