There's a small hill near me. When I say a hill, it's barely that. It's a small lump in the road - the infant child of a real hill.
Here's it's segment on Strava - you see what I mean? It's not even called a hill, just a bump.
Anyway, since I started cycling (again - last time was when I had a paper round) my regular route included this hill, his lump, this postule on the face of sunny Northamptonshire. Pretty soon I came to hate it, and I still do. It doesn't seem to matter how I attack it - fast approach, spin in a low gear, grind in a high gear, anything it always ends up the same. Puffing and panting at 4mph in Granny Gear.
My Garmin tells me the people I follow on Strava have finished the segment before I've even started! My all time PR is 3:49 with an average speed of 7.9mph. The KOM has done it in 1:05 at 25.7mph. What the actual? I hardly ever do that downhill!
Other hills / bumps I manage fine on. It's just this one. I know it's a mental block, and I will overcome it. My goal is to hit 3:30 by April 29th. Hopefully this thread will be a record of either my achievement or dismal failure.
Not looking for anything other than the chance to vent!
Here's it's segment on Strava - you see what I mean? It's not even called a hill, just a bump.
Anyway, since I started cycling (again - last time was when I had a paper round) my regular route included this hill, his lump, this postule on the face of sunny Northamptonshire. Pretty soon I came to hate it, and I still do. It doesn't seem to matter how I attack it - fast approach, spin in a low gear, grind in a high gear, anything it always ends up the same. Puffing and panting at 4mph in Granny Gear.
My Garmin tells me the people I follow on Strava have finished the segment before I've even started! My all time PR is 3:49 with an average speed of 7.9mph. The KOM has done it in 1:05 at 25.7mph. What the actual? I hardly ever do that downhill!
Other hills / bumps I manage fine on. It's just this one. I know it's a mental block, and I will overcome it. My goal is to hit 3:30 by April 29th. Hopefully this thread will be a record of either my achievement or dismal failure.
Not looking for anything other than the chance to vent!