January 20, 2013 Brick Workout

I picked up a new treadmill yesterday from Costco. Now there’s really no excuse to get a workout in (no time / gym is too far / etc.) I set it up in the basement beside my bike trainer so I thought I might as well test it out with a Brick workout. Bricks are an important part of triathlon training and are sometimes overlooked. This type of workout refers to training on two disciplines during the same workout, one after the other with minimal or no interruption between, just like you would do in a race.

Here’s what I did:

BIKE:

• 30 minutes on the trainer
• 5 minute warm-up
• 8 x 2 minutes hard (in aero) / 1 minute easy spin
• 1 minute cool down

RUN:

• 1 mile run on the treadmill
• 9:00 total time