Strong as a BRICK…

My first triathlon of the season is this Sunday, May 17. I will be joined by BJ (my boyfriend) and his sister, JJ. We are an unlikely crew: JJ has a (healing) torn ligament in her ankle; BJ travels too much to workout on a regular basis and I, well, I really only like to run.

But I digress – that’s not at all the point of this post.

The point is: We did a brick (bike/run) workout last night and I felt great!* (see note below)

I work with a fellow triathlete who has done the Columbia Triathlon for the past six years – and she informed me that the bike course is very hilly. Good – I have just the solution for hills! Conte’s, a local Arlington bike shop, does a group ride every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm (through September 8, 2009). The primary focus of the ride: HILLS. It’s only an hour long but the ride kicks my butt – and I’m a strong hill-climber.

As soon as the ride was over, I was feeling two things:
a) hopefully this ride will prepare me for the tri
b) I really don’t want to run when I get home (the run is my favorite part of the tri – but that doesn’t mean it’s easy – it simply means that I love to run)

But, I knew I had to… So, BJ and I walked in the door and quickly changed – back out the door in less than 5 minutes. We did a 2.5 mile loop and I felt really strong – better than I thought I would. Columbia Triathlon – here I/we come!

Moral of the story: brick workouts make you feel like a bad-ass athlete!

I feel prepared for my tri. And, I burned a lot of calories. You better believe that I had vanilla ice cream with strawberries for dessert!
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*Reasons why I should not have felt great: I don’t really like swimming at Washington and Lee high school (it’s a gross pool); I just got my bike 10 days ago; and I love running too much. I have created a little equation that might offer some clarity: hate swimming + brand new bike + obsessed with running = I’m not ready for a tri.

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