Wow, now I know why they're called "bricks."

That is how it feels. I used to always find when I ran off the bike a certain corner my legs always seemed to feel better.

After doing bricks for 5 years my legs seem to deal with it better. I recall a brick this June after a 7-8 hour ride, I just laughed at how goofy my legs felt running but it went away pretty quickly.

Hehe... I'll get there one day.

I see you're from MA--I was just in Boston for a few days for a conference... Great place to run. I got a good few miles in along the Charles and got a bunch of laps around Boston Common. Really my favorite "big city" that I've visited so far. Wish I'd had more time...

 Cool--I'll give that a shot. I put my transition at the top of the biggest hill on the course, so I finished hammering in the mid-80's. I'll give the spinning a shot next time.

I saw your sig--I know a road bike you'd like--the Pinarello F4:13.  Philippians is spelled with an F in Italian, of course...

X2  -  I'll be 60 next month and just started training for tri's in June.  I have been a runner(AKA, jogger, slogger, shuffler, walker, etc.) since 1993 and to my surprise, I discovered after doing two or three brick workouts, that I ran a better 5K time after doing a hard 15 mile bike ride.  I had gotten very lazy on my runs during the last few years and had been jogging and walking most of the time.  I had not ran any races in years and did not even bother to wear a watch or check my times.  So when I decided in June to start training for a triathalon, I checked my time on a measured 5K route and I had dropped from a 21:10 to 36:20 for the 5K.  I know some of that loss in speed is just a natural aging process but most of it was just laziness.  Anyway, I bought an old 1982 Raleigh off of Ebay, with clip on Aero bars and started alternating riding, swimming and running 5 or 6 days a week.(sorry about not keeping a log on here but I will try to start soon).  Bottom line is, the first few brick workouts from the bike to the run was not pretty but now after a couple hundred feet, my legs feel better than starting out on a cold run and my rhythm and cadence is better and I finally got my 5K time back under 30 min. (28:30 on my last brick workout).  My first tri was scheduled to be the Hi-Fi Tri in Galveston but I may have to find another one to do as it is not looking too promising because of the hurricane damage.  Thanks to everyone on the forum who has contributed such a wealth of advice and encouragement for newbies like me to learn what it takes to be a triathalete.  Thanks,  Dan

I've posted this link on some other brick threads.  It helped me a lot when I first started. When I'm in "brick shape" it'll take a 1-2 min to get up to pace speed.  I usually will find out where the 1/4 & 1/2 mile points are on the run course and use them to gauge my pace and how I feel.