Subject: RE: Buffalo Springs Lake Ironman 70.3 : Official ThreadShanoah1956 - 2009-04-16 8:22 PM Thanks for the reply , So let me get this straight. I'm doing a brick if I go out work out by maybe...swimming then riding my bike right after or any combination of the three sports? If this is so, I've been doing bricks since I started training, althought I don't go ride 500 miles then run 80 miles in an hour. I go swim maybe 1200 meters then go ride 20-30 miles or (since I can't run) walk 5-7 1/2 miles, any of the 3. Did I get this right or am I still way off? Mike ~ you are on track... Typically you have swim/bike bricks and bike/run bricks. The object is to train your body to adapt to the cahges that tri's present. You can feel a little different coming out of the water then on to the bike and likewise from the bike to run. The most common of these training sessions is the Bike to Run... or Bike Run... ick!And let me just say... John (fattyfatfat) ~ is stretching the limits a little, I do those said bricks in 1.5 hrs... lol! a good bike/run brick is 20mile ride followed immeadiately by a 2, 3 or 4 mile run. Or if you are not into milage ~ 60 minute ride, 20 minute run... And work your way up.... 3-4 hr ride followed by a 2 hr run (And crush Fatty's dreams! on the race course!) |