What is a Brick?

Here is the definition of brick that we all think of first.

Here is another list of definitions for brick. You should read some of these....who says English is not a romance language?

But this is the type of brick that I did this morning.

I biked 18 and ran 6 this morning. All in, including stowing the bike and changing shoes, this was 1:56:51. This is going to be a core type of workout for the next few weeks. I am trying to zero in on how hard I can push on the bike and still be strong on the run. Today was 151 bpm average, pretty much the same on the bike and run. Next week I will go at 160 bpm and see how everything feels. I think 160-170 will be the race pace, but I need to check it out a few times to be sure.

In case you were wondering, I haven't thrown in the towel on the swim. BUT, a disaster swim leg would be 45 minutes and a homer for me would be 35 minutes. This is a five to six hour event, so it just isn't as big of a deal as the bike/run. That suits me fine. I will still go to the pool, but I am not going to stress about it.