I managed a 15-mile bike ride followed immediately by a 2.7 (okay, 2.69) mile rune. The transition took 4 minutes, but I was locking my smartphone in my home, etc. So not too bad. I was finished by 0945, but I waited until 1200 to eat for the first time in the day. That was probably a mistake; I had gone without food for about 16 hours at that point, with a heavy workout. Really, what hurt me was probably eating a large-ish meal after all that; if I had had something light and then something more substantial a few hours later, I would probably have been fine. As it was, I just had a stomachache for a few hours. Blood ketones were at 7.0 and glucose at 64; the highest and lowest, respectively, that I've seen them.
It was easier to get running than I expected. You might think that running without my pack is a lot easier, but when I was running with the pack, I never really noticed it. It's designed very well, and I packed it (mostly) carefully, so it rarely gave me any bother. It was nice to have the things in it; money in case of emergency, my phone, etc. Now, I just go out with my house key, smartwatch, and $20 in a keychain pill bottle tied to one shoe. Today I ordered a pair of RoadId emergency identification tags; one will go on the smartwatch and the other on the running shoe that doesn't have money on it.
Anyway, overall the brick went well. I biked well over the distance and ran nearly the distance for a sprint tri. An olympic is a one-mile swim, 25 mile bike, and 6.2-mile run; I feel like I could manage the bike and run with another month or two of training. I'm eager to get into swimming; I'll need a lot of work.
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