Bike / Run Brick workout

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Today’s workout was dedicated in memory of my Grandmother, Marie Boyer, who lost her battle with cancer yesterday, July 18^th.  We will all miss you!

This morning I did a bike/run brick workout of 30 miles on the bike followed by a 2.5 mile run.  The bike portion was brutal as I rode with a group of cyclist that can ride.  I was able to hang with them through mile 11.  Once we hit the hills I was unable to stay with them on my tri bike and I would begin to lose ground on the uphill but I would gain coming back down.  However, eventually the up hills got the better of me and I lost them and reach the turn around about 30 seconds back.  On the return trip the same thing except there was more downhill and I was able to stay with them and then toward the end we did a 500 meter sprint where I was able to catch the lead man topping of 30 mph on the flats.  Once I returned to the office I quickly changed shoes and out for a 2.5 mile run averaging 7:20s as I gradually got faster with each mile

A great workout to honor my grandmother.

Happy Training Everyone!