Bricks....they are heavy, hard and used to build to a good foundation.

This morning I headed off to do the Brick session with the squad at Slaughter Falls. You can always be guaranteed that if it is at the base of Mt Cootha it's not going to be flat!


The warm up this morning included the ride there and 1 lap of the course that we were doing in the brick:The brick session included 3 laps of a 5km hilly course and then 1 lap of a 2km relatively flat course. This was to be completed twice.

FIRST BRICK REP
The Cycling stats are:

The Run Stats:

SECOND BRICK REP
The Cycling stats are:


The Run Stats:




Session Reflections:

• The first and second reps was pleasing in that I was able to maintain the same time for each of the laps.
• The first lap was completed in the small chain ring, the other 2 utilised the large chain ring when appropriate
• Found that once I had completed a lap utilising the large chain ring I was able to anticipate the gear changes a lot better and therefore the climbs up the short steep inclines were done more efficiently.
• Happy with the HR throughout the session. Good average throughout the cycling reps (152/154bpm) and the run (158bpm)
• Legs were a little heavy throughout the 2nd and 3rd laps of the 2nd cycle rep.
• Core stability was not good throughout the 2nd run rep

Warm Down:

Total Bike: 55.5km

Total Run: 3.6km