This evening's two hour training session seemed like it took for-ev-er!!! I started out with a brick workout. No, I didn't toss around a bunch of bricks or build a tower made of bricks. What is a brick workout? Simply stated, "bricks" refer to training with two disciplines in the same workout without interruption in between. The most common one is the bike/run, which is what I did this evening. Bricks are pretty common for triathlons and duathlons. Most people would agree that the hardest transition in a triathlon is the bike --> run. Mainly this is because of muscle confusion. You use your leg muscles differently when you ride a bike compared to running so when you immediately stop one and go into the other your muscles get "confused" in the beginning. It usually takes my legs about 5-7 minutes to fully transition into the run. This evening I did a 15 mile bike ride and transitioned into a 4 mile run. Thankfully, my legs felt great during my run and I didn't have any problems with the transition. Afterwards, I did a little swim training mostly consisting of freestyle with focus on my bilateral breathing and sighting. I also practiced swimming freestyle using one arm. That really helps with strengthening, overall swimming endurance, and also helps with learning to swim straight. Needless to say, I'm exhausted now!!!
My ending thoughts for today: There will be days when you feel like you want to cut your workout short because you may feel tired and have lost your steam...don't do that!! Don't sell yourself short...and that includes with working out. Block the negative thoughts out and just push through the rest of your workout. I promise you will walk away feeling better than if you had stopped your workout sooner than you had originally planned. Happy training everyone!! :)
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