On Friday, I attempted a 15 percent grade climb which finished off my bike trip to work. After about 20 minutes and about 1.5 miles I was successful in reaching the top without stopping. That was my version of the Missouri rollers.
For reasons that will become clearer in a month or so, I have been biking between 90 - 100 miles each Saturday. I have tried to focus on climbing and elevation gain . Today I have seen that results of that training as I tackled Latigo Canyon for the third time and after struggling the first two times I felt pretty good.
I met someone who had biked 114 miles and 12,000 feet of elevation in 1 day and I asked him how he trained for it. He told me the key was repeats. Climb up, bike down, Climb up again. With that in mind I went to the Tour of California course and after biking down I turned around and biked back up. Some of the chalk markings were still there from a few weeks ago (Go George, Go Lance (must have been someone who was optimistic that he was going to recover ) and Floyd Sucks.
With the sun out and the expected temperatures headed in the 90's today it was a good training day. For the first time this year, no long sleeve jerseys.
I leave you with a picture of the Brit on his new form of bike transportation.
Will "the Brit" be pacing you on your little adventure in July? That machine is perilously close to a motorcycle...don't get too close.
ReplyDeleteYes. The "Brit" will be pacing us (if they let him in the country).
ReplyDeleteSooo... The Death Tour in your future?
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