Citation & Brick Training

Yesterday I went for a ride on my bike before work. We have a bike path not too far from our home so I have always ridden on the sidewalk to the bike path. The reason I have always ridden on the sidewalk is that I live on a really busy road and people tend to drive like idiots, it just seems like a safer idea to me. Yesterday I was just about back home and I was riding on the sidewalk, when directly behind me a cop turned on his siren, I looked at him and he flagged me down. To make a long story short, I ended up getting a $20 citation for riding my bike on the sidewalk. The sidewalk is for pedestrians only and he told me that I was lucky to only get a $20 citation as he could give me one that would be the equivalent of driving a car on the sidewalk. He told me the reason that he noticed me was that I was go SO fast and that it was a dangerous speed for the sidewalk. When I saw that my fine was only $20 I decided to keep my mouth shut, but he almost got a lecture about why he was harassing me when there are real criminals to deal with. I cannot afford a bigger ticket right now so I ended up having to thank him for setting me straight about riding on the sidewalk. So what have I learned from this: “Ride more slowly on the sidewalk as to not draw the attention of bored cops.”

Today we had our first BRICK practice as a team. We met at Griffith Park and we rode our bikes hard and fast then after we were done we had to ride quickly to where we were parked, jump off our bike, quickly take off our biking shoes put on our running shoes and go for a run. At this point as well you want to remember to take off your helmet as running in a helmet I am sure would be no fun. I have to tell you the first 12 minutes of the run, my body felt like jello, things felt like they were not working right. It was an effort to get into running mode, the coaches had said that it would be weird and let me assure you it was. After 12 minutes things finally seemed to work themselves out and I was able to get a pace going. This transition is called T2, it is the transition that we do from biking to running. There is also the T1 transition that is from swimming to biking (I am sure that will be interesting as well when we get to do that one.)