5150 Brick

Not only is 5150 the title of the BEST Van Halen album, it is also the police code for crazy person or someone that might be a danger to others or themselves. Interestingly, 5150 is also my time on my 10k run this morning following 45 sweat inducing minutes on the bike trainer.

Does this mean I'm a danger to myself? LOL

Ride

One of my main goals this coming year is to turn into a hill lovin', hill climbin' machine. Two tools I plan to use are my bike trainer and Spivervals "Uphill Grind".  In an attempt to make this workout a little more "tri" like, I attached my bike shoes to my pedals and used a rubber band to keep them from moving.

I then tried to mount my bike and slip on my shoes like the pros.  Not bad, but then again, I didn't have to worry about falling over. At the end of the workout, I slipped my feet out of my shoes and tried the dismount. It's going to take a little more practice but it should save me some time in a race!

With time in mind, I set up a mini transition area next to bike. That way, when I was done with the ride, I wouldn't waste time looking for my hat and my glasses and my shoes and the spare key, etc. ;-)

Transition area ready!

Brick Workout - Bike by tpengilly at Garmin Connect - Details


I don't have the Garmin bike attachment to record my cadence, so all I have is my heart rate. I may not have been riding real hills this morning, but my heart rate looks like hills.


Run

I'm not sure what got into me today, but when I got off the bike and started running, it felt great! Maybe it was the fact that I've lost a few pounds this week, or maybe it was because it was still early and cool (I've been training in the heat of the afternoon). Whatever the reason, I felt strong through the first four miles.

When I finished mile four, I made a decision to ease up a bit. I wasn't feeling particularly tired, but I wanted to save something for the rest of the weekend. Mile five was about a 9 minute mile pace. Towards the end of the fifth mile I looked at my watch and realized that I was on pace for a PR. No way!

The next mile plus was back up to my original pace and I got my PR. The previous 10K PR on my Garmin was also set during a brick workout (52:17).  Hmmmm...what is up with that?

Brick Workout - Run by tpengilly at Garmin Connect - Details

After

Ok, maybe I am a little bit crazy. After I got home from my run, I popped in P90X Shoulders & Arms and went through about 20 minutes of the DVD (skipping the warmup).

In-and-Out Bicep Curls

HS came home a couple of minutes after I turned off the DVD. I had to go pick up the wedding photos and he offered to go with me. Once that task was done, he asked if I wanted to go look at bikes. What a sweet guy! I suggested we take the boat out instead. We haven't had much time this summer to use it and the weather was beautiful.

Why are you taking my picture?

It was a great day to be out on the water...besides, we always have tomorrow to look at bikes ;-)