The Brick - A Free Community Training Event

Are you training for a late season half or full ironman and need to get in a long brick workout to solidify your training? Then LFG! 

BPC will be putting on a community wide, all comers, supported day of training on September 15th, starting at 7am sharp. We will have dedicated routes for both a typical half and full iron distance race simulation brick. 

When? Sunday September 15th, 7am 

Where? We will start, transition, and finish at Cameron Brown Park in Germantown. We will park at the back of the park by the restrooms. 

How Far? Given this is within 3 weeks of both Ironman Chattanooga and 70.3 Augusta, this will be the largest brick of the entire training block for those events. Full iron athletes will do ~82 miles on the bike, and run 8 miles afterward. Half iron athletes will bike 100k (~62 miles) and run 6 miles afterward. 

Will there be aid stations? Yup! We will have at least one SAG vehicle on the bike route. But remember, this is race simulation so you will want to carry everything you normally would on race day and limit the need for SAG if possible. But we are shooting for 2 possible stops for the half group and an added store stop for the full distance group.  The run will be a 2 mile out and back on the greenway with an aid station at the park and one in the middle so you have plenty of opportunity for fluids and fuel. NOTE: we will NOT be providing exactly what is on course in an Ironman brand event. We encourage you to bring what you will use on race day.

Can I invite my friends? If you don’t we will be disappointed. This is for the tri community at large. We won’t be doing our killer tailgate at MEM70.3 this year so this is our way of giving back to all of you awesome people. 

Can I bike or run with the group but not do both? This is America. You can do what you want! But it would be really cool if you hung out and cheered folks on when you’re done. 

Can I volunteer to help? Gosh, now you’re talkin’. Athletes supporting other athletes is what it’s all about. The more the merrier. Just reach out and we’ll give you a job.