Stupid coach has me doing a brick workout after work today. For anyone unfamiliar with a brick, it's a workout where you combine two aerobic workouts, one immediately following the other. Typically, triathletes will combine swim then bike, or bike then run, to simulate race conditions.
I did the latter, and I think this is the more typical workout. Since I am combining it with the commute, the actual workout was 1 hr cycling, then 30 minutes run. Also, still following stupid coaches advice, and making the bike an easy ride. And seriously, my mantra was ' every ride does not have to be a hammer fest'. No cat 6 racers today, so it wasn't so hard. I mainly use it to test fueling, rather than as an extended workout.
To test fueling, you really only need to run about 20 minutes off the bike,as what you are testing is how you consumed and processed food on the bike. If you under-fueled, you will bonk in the first 20 minutes. I am guessing that you wil have some stomach distress soon in the run in the case of over-fueling. Ok to be more specific, I was testing the lower edge of fueling,as I ate a banana before the ride, had only gatorade on the ride, and ate a gel at the start of the run.
And the verdict? No bonking, good energy levels, tight and tired hamstrings, good speed, no stomach problems. Even a good mental state.
Good work for a 4 workout day.
Recovery was a orange juice, apple juice combo, with a scoop of glutamine powder. Followed by 20 minutes of sitting on ice packs to cool the hamstrings, then followed by a beer. Or two.
What the stupid coach doesn't know won't hurt me, and will make me sleep like a log.
