trampyjoe
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- South Shropshire
Gets a bit nippy though, not to mention you will get tugged in by the police.
Gets a bit nippy though, not to mention you will get tugged in by the police.
the wife refuses to let me get up that early as i wake her up (small bedroom and i have my side of the bed against the wall so need to climb over her to get up!!!)
Just got back from my regular (just short of) 10mile route.
I adopted slightly different tactics today (yes I have tactics ).
Although my time of 59:11 was around 3mins slower than my PB I'm really happy because - apart from the 400ft climb at mile 7 - I didn't use the granny ring at all. I only used the middle and largest rings.
I kept my tempo consistent and although at times it was tough I'm delighted to have stayed under the 1hour mark. I feel like that's progress.
I also realised that before the big climb I wasn't actually struggling for breath - my only problem was the burn in my legs.
I read on here the other day someone who said that hill climbing is all in the head & I think to a large extent that is correct. As long as your not gasping for air your only other enemy is the burn. It's a big mental challenge to pedal through it though!!!
Likewise.Keep up the great effort! With hills I don't have tactics as such- I believe it to be more a mental game. So I just make an effort to get up without stopping, irrespective of how long it takes or how fast I go. Then, when I'm at the top it's a psychological barrier broken. Any future climbs on the same hill can then be approached with confidence and the focus is then on getting up quicker.
Just my take on it
Sorry yo hear you had a mishap, hope your back on the bike soon.Today didn't quite go as planned, set out for a ride, plan was 8 miles out, 8 back then to try a few hills around town to get in my first 20 miles ride.
Outward leg went well feeling really good, then on the return leg I hit a root going down a small slope, ended up going over the bars and doing something to my left foot I carry on home for about 4 miles and decide the hills are not a great idea.
Currently sitting here with a bag of ice on my foot and can't walk on it at all, is a bugger as the ride was going really well and i felt look i could have made the 20 miles easy
Keep up the great effort! With hills I don't have tactics as such- I believe it to be more a mental game. So I just make an effort to get up without stopping, irrespective of how long it takes or how fast I go. Then, when I'm at the top it's a psychological barrier broken. Any future climbs on the same hill can then be approached with confidence and the focus is then on getting up quicker.
Just my take on it
Well like a lot of the post on here, I started (or rather restarted) riding a bike at the back end of June, today my cycle computer says I have just completed 1500 (though my records say I have another 16 miles to go), after a 36 mile ride at 15.1 mph with 1164 ft of climb (yea I know not much but as I say not many hills), my first ride on the 23rd of June was 8.53 miles at 9.3 with what I think was 400 ft of climb, though I cant be certain of that. my records say I have ridden 70% of the days since June.
So to all that are just starting keep it up, it does get easier and more enjoyable.
ThanksThat's great!!!
I wish I could get out and
clock more miles up than I am currently (though some is better than none of course!)