Brick Days

Brick days are tough. A brick day, if you didn't know, was a day that you pile two disciplines of a triathlon on top of each other. Usually it is a bike followed directly by a run. Some say it comes from the idea of laying bricks on top of each other. Others say it comes from the way your legs feel when you start to run after getting off the bike. I vote the second.

I started brick days this week. And they are always disconcerting because just when you feel as though you are making a ton of progress, a brick day knocks you back a few rungs on the proverbial ladder of success. After running consecutively for 90 minutes last week, it's hard to have to stop to take a stretch after only 4 minutes this week. But eventually things even out and legs get moving. a 30 minute run might be tough but eventually you get through it.

There have been alot of people speaking out against school bullying lately. Chris Colfer from Glee was on the View talking about getting bullied. Jason Mraz (man, i love him) spoke out against it. Russ Feingold and Al Franken introduced the Student Non-Discrimination Bill in Congress. All of them are people who, despite setbacks, kept their eyes on the prize to reach success. And when stuff is piling up, that isn't always easy to do.

GLSEN wants to help kids learn and grow in an environment where being a kid is tough enough without piling on the extra burden of bullying. Please help me help them by donating to my 5 Races in 5 Months challenge by clicking on the donation link in the right margin. We'll solve it together, one brick at a time.