June 16: A Fairly Solid Brick

I joined the East Team this morning at Stoney Creek Metropark. There were only five teammates other than the coaches there, which suprised me a bit. I hear a few people have dropped out in the last couple of weeks, too.

The TNT Marathon Team was there that day, though, and they had about 20 people in their group. It was exciting to be together with so many other TNT participants, even if they weren't all there for triathlon training.

Our mission today was to bike 18 miles, and then get a good run in immediately afterwards. Once I finished my bike ride, I asked how many miles I was supposed to run (I thought it was 2 or 3). The marathon team coach said that he thought it was 4 miles - whoa!

Well, it took me a while to get going and find my legs, but I actually did it. I came back, and there was the whole marathon and tri team, cheering me on as if I was in a race. It was such a cool feeling to get all of that support!

My bike coach asked me how far I ran, and I told him. After seeing the suprised look on his face, I told him that I was just following direction from the running coach. (Meanwhile, the running coach was by his car laughing!)

Well, I guess that proves that sometimes it's all about mind over matter!

At the end of the day, I felt like I achieved a big accomplishnment with what I consider my first successful "brick". Maybe I really can do this triathlon!

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Elysia said…
Good job Andi!! Sounds like you are doing great. I'm glad to be able to read someone else's blog. Thanks again for looking at mine :)
See you tonight!
June 18, 2007 at 8:23 AM
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