Brandane
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This has no doubt been mentioned before, but I used my MTB for it's intended purpose today. About 3 miles of fairly steep climbing mostly on rutted, wet, leaf covered Land Rover track, followed by a long downhill on similar surface (the track to the top of the Haylie Brae within the boundaries of Kelburn country park if anyone knows it).
Was that hard work compared to road miles or what! At several points I was actually worried that I was not going to make it; a real struggle to get enough air in the lungs. Partly down to a slip in fitness, but I did the same route in summer and it wasn't half as difficult.
Not sure what my point is, rather than to point out the obvious, that the number of miles covered is meaningless. It's the effort needed. I recently did a 70 mile flattish road ride and felt as if I'd walked to the local shops and back. But that 8 mile ride today was hard; REALLY hard. I take my hat off to all you regular MTB'ers, you make it look easy.
I intend to do it more often as a quicker route to fitness!
Was that hard work compared to road miles or what! At several points I was actually worried that I was not going to make it; a real struggle to get enough air in the lungs. Partly down to a slip in fitness, but I did the same route in summer and it wasn't half as difficult.
Not sure what my point is, rather than to point out the obvious, that the number of miles covered is meaningless. It's the effort needed. I recently did a 70 mile flattish road ride and felt as if I'd walked to the local shops and back. But that 8 mile ride today was hard; REALLY hard. I take my hat off to all you regular MTB'ers, you make it look easy.
I intend to do it more often as a quicker route to fitness!