Hi all,
I've been commuting a 15 mile round trip 5 days a week for the past 16 months. However there is a hill which I still struggle up even now, so the saying "it will get easier in time" just doesn't cut it with me (although it is fun on the journey home). Someone suggested going for a longer ride at the weekends to build up stamina, not sure about that as I use the weekends as rest days.
For the first 3 months I slogged along on my old MTB until moving on to a road bike on the Cycle to Work scheme - wow what a difference, slicing 10 minutes off my journey with less effort (apart from the hill). Since commuting I've lost over 2 stone and still eat pretty much what I want, feel the fittest I've ever been and full of energy plus I'm saving over £100 a week on train fare - suddenly that hill sounds like a good trade-off.
Attached (hopefully) is an elevation graph showing my morning commute - measurements in miles and feet.
SJCH
I've been commuting a 15 mile round trip 5 days a week for the past 16 months. However there is a hill which I still struggle up even now, so the saying "it will get easier in time" just doesn't cut it with me (although it is fun on the journey home). Someone suggested going for a longer ride at the weekends to build up stamina, not sure about that as I use the weekends as rest days.
For the first 3 months I slogged along on my old MTB until moving on to a road bike on the Cycle to Work scheme - wow what a difference, slicing 10 minutes off my journey with less effort (apart from the hill). Since commuting I've lost over 2 stone and still eat pretty much what I want, feel the fittest I've ever been and full of energy plus I'm saving over £100 a week on train fare - suddenly that hill sounds like a good trade-off.
Attached (hopefully) is an elevation graph showing my morning commute - measurements in miles and feet.
SJCH