After returning home on the bike, I put my running shoes on and did my weekly 40 minute run. Normally these are done on Tuesdays - but with things a day off schedule this week, it fell on Wednesday.
This was also another opportunity for a brick workout. It took a good mile and a half before my legs became accustomed to running from cycling. During that mile and a half, my legs certainly felt heavy and brick-like. I was thinking that my pace is probably really slow, and I felt like my body was exerting a lot of effort for the speed I was going at.
A quick look at my HR monitor proved otherwise. While my legs felt slow, I was keeping a decent pace, and my HR was staying constant around 150 bpm. I concluded that maybe one of the reasons these bike/run brick workouts make it seem like the running portion is so laborious is because you are used to cycling at 4 min/mile speeds - so going down to something like 9-10 min/mile seems very slow by comparison.
Also, since my legs had taken some punishment recently (the 50 mile bike ride, the 11 mile run the other day, the combo bike/run on this day), I decided to forego and hills or intervals. I can do intervals on Friday - the other weekly running day.
Total Distance: 4.3 miles
Total Time: 41:20
Avg HR: 150
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