brick workout

every triathlete reaches a point in their

training schedule where the dreaded

brick workout comes into play.

today was one of those days.

a brick

is a combo workout day

intended to simulate race day conditions

with back to back

torture.

to combat the mental

and physical

pain that comes along with

biking super hard

then immediately running on

sore legs,

i've come up with a stupid

acronym for BRICK which makes me smile...

since even my google machine has failed

to tell me why the heck it's called a brick workout...

Bike - Run - Interval - Challenge - Kickass!

it helps keep me motivated...

up until right around the moment

i clip my bike helmet on to my head,

and then reality sinks in,

ick.

hopefully it pays off on race day,

because i know my legs are going to be paying for it tomorrow!

ouch!!

and since posts are boring without pictures,

i thought i'd share this little pipsqueak with you...

Kara - the little triathlete (support team) in training! xo!

totally putting spokiedokes on my bike,

they've gotta be tri legal :)