Brick

"What the hell was I thinking?"

That was the main thought I had today as I started the run of my first brick workout.

A brick is when you do two of your activities back to back. Today, it was a 45 minute bike ride followed by a 10 minute run. The bike ride was a bit challenging, but that has a lot to do with the fact that I am still adjusting t my new bike and my muscles are adjusting.

I pulled into our driveway, hopped off the bike and swapped my bike shoes for my running shoes. I switched my watch from recording a bike ride to ready for a run. I walked down the driveway and hit start.

Here is my thoughts over the next ten minutes.

Minute Zero:
This is not how legs work. Hello? Legs? You are not made of jello, knock it off.

Minute One:
Ok, getting the hang of this now.

Minute Three:
*looks down at watch* Why the hell are you running so fast? Slow down! No wonder you're already out of breath!

Minute Five:
Ok, you can walk now. But just for a little bit. You're trying to push yourself here. Don't puss out now!

Minute Seven:
Just run home. That's all you have to do. That's not so hard, is it?

Minute Eight:
Just two more minutes. That's not that long. Think of all the things you can do in two minutes. You can make microwave popcorn. Commercial breaks are only two minutes, that's nothing!

Minute Nine:
Seriously?!?! It's only been a minute? What the hell. That was the longest minute ever. This triathlon business was the dumbest thing I have ever decided to do. What the hell was I thinking?

Minute Ten:
I did it. Time to walk this off and try not to collapse into the lawn.

I walked around our property and promptly collapsed into the hammock. My first thought?

I can totally do that again.