bricks...

[rocknrollgirl]

Ouch. That is it. Just Ouch. All I have to say...just ouch.

Two hours of very hilly, singletack...and then a two mile transition run. The first .6 miles straight up hill.

Just Ouch.....

keep on truckin'

[btchance]

Yes, ouch is the operative work for bricks (ie brick, run, ick - can't remember who said that, but I love it!). Especially up hill out of transition, no thank you. Good job. I'm doing my first one since October this week, but at least it's on a flat road.

[Velobambina]

Shot Bloks keep me doing during bricks. Where I live, there is no escaping hills.

[Running Mommy]

Yep. No way around it.. They just hurt! But if you are faithful and do at least a small 10 minute run after EVERY ride it really helps!
You know a funny thing just came to mind from last years Ironman.
When I made it out of the water the first thing that came to mind was "well I guess I get to keep racing. I made the cut off". Then when I came off the bike I thought " Ok, now I get to run.... OH CRAP! Now I have to RUN??!!"
Of course as it turned out it was more like a 26.2 mile slog, but I just remember thinking "oh how am I going to run???" YIPERS!!

[KnottedYet]

Jeez, I just can't imagine doing IM distances. I couldn't even run the little 5k in my sprint!

This year, my goal is to be able to run at least half the 5k. I'm going to train very slowly and carefully so I don't mess up my knee again. One of the PT's checked my knee out and said it's "age related degeneration." Not much I can do but strengthen the heck out of the muscles that support the knee joint.

My bricks are walks, but they still count, don't they?

[Trek420]

Hi,

Can a non triathlete visit?

My knees are shot, if I was a horse they'd shoot me (sorry for the analogy, no horses or even animals for that matter were harmed in the writing of this post). I can't run at all.

For my first two AIDS rides I knew I should spend a few months of the pre-season lifting. But I can't seem to weight train. It makes me even tighter no matter how much I stretch and how light a weight I use.

Velogirl here said "just do your weightlifting on the bike"

Both Spazzdog and Velogirl here taught me a lot about strengthening my legs on a bike.

First is there a hill nearby that you can walk? I am concerned about the jarring downhill on your knees but find a hill and climb it. That does wonders for your quads and hams.

Twice a week I do either hill repeats or wind sprints or low gear climbing drills or one-legged pedaling drills (that's more for form though), either IRL or in spin class or on the Cycleops...

Would stength training on the bike spare your knee and translate to the run?