My First Brick.

It's called a brick because you're legs feel like bricks.  And they do.  It's not a lie.  It's biking, then running. I did it on my own this weekend in Napa, while i was there for Easter Weekend.  I asked the wonderful lady at the front desk of the motel what is a good ride with hills that i could take that would be 30 mile, (30 miles was my original plan).  She said to go to Pope Valley and back.  Sounded good.  Little did i know that meant going OVER A MOUNTAIN.  So, i took that route, and went to the top of the mountain, which is just a mere 1,444' of climb! With a max 8% grade, it's pretty much a constant climb until i turned around at the top. It took me 1:18'36" but that was because it was all downhill on the way back! Plus, it was only 16 miles, which is OK with me.

Then i got my running shoes on and went for a 4 mile run. My goal here was to stay under 10' miles.  Which i successfully did.  My pace was 9'42" which isn't that amazing, but i had very little nutrition and hydration, both on the bike and the run.  I'm happy with both times while running on fumes.

BIKE!


RUN!