This days brick was relatively comfortable, compared to previous weeks. First, the weather was in the high 40's/low 50's, and the wind was light. Big difference from low 30's with 15-20 mph winds. I did a large part of the Wachusett reservoir loop, stopping about halfway through for a quick 5 minute stretch of the quads, hamstrings, and back bend. I'm thinking that I should probably get used to such a stretch every 20-25 miles or so - partially to help prevent a sprain injury like I had a few years ago, and partially to help keep muscles feeling at least somewhat fresh.
I also fueled up a bit more than I had before other bricks - a protein bar, chocolate milk and a banana. I'm sure that had something to do with the brick feeling rather good overall. I also had half an energy bar during the stretch break, and ate the other half when I got home, before the run, as well as made sure to drink adequately - I was probably a little lax on that last week.
Bike
For the run, I decided to up the distance by 0.75, instead of my typical 0.5, miles. Now that I'm past 5 miles (last week was 5.5), continuing with 0.5 mile increases is less than 10%, and for every mile I go beyond, the percentage increase gets less and less. So hopefully I'll be able to increase by 0.75 miles until around 8-9 miles or so, when I can push the increase to a full mile.
Run
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