Brick

And now for something completely different...

(If you're not into Monty Python, I'm sorry -- you probably won't get the reference :)

It's mostly been all about the swimming the last few months, but I HAVE actually been doing other things, like, oh, say, cycling and running, too. (I've also been taking a boxing class, but that's just in case things get ugly on the course -- my right cross is getting pretty good.)

We did our first actual "brick" workout with Team in Training a week or so ago. For those not in the know, a brick is not just a building material, or what becomes of your iPhone if you try to hack it to use a different mobile provider. It's also a term referring to a combined bike and run workout. Why brick? Go cycle hard for an hour, jump off the bike, and try to run. Go ahead, try it. For a little bit, you'll feel like you're carrying a load of 'em. So we practice this somewhat painful transition in training.

The nice thing was, for this workout, we actually did more than the bike distance for Breezy Point (14.9 miles -- BP is 12.4 miles), and about the same run distance (3 miles, 0.1 mile short of BP). And tougher, because we biked and ran basically the C'ville Sprint Tri course (which I'm also planning to do, on June 22), which is a hilly ride and a hilly trail run. Breezy Point is flat, being in Norfolk. So, I just need to work on speed. Oh yeah, and surviving the swim so I can get to the rest. :)