Glover Fan
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- Location
- Almondsbury, Nr Bristol
Hi,
As the nights are rapidly drawing in and next weekend the clock go back, I have been doing some hill training in order to get as best a workout in a short time as possible. That and I have the Dartmoor Devil to do next weekend. I'm actually starting to find hill training sessions are my most favourite. Whilst it is nice after work in the summer to do 30-40 miles in the evening sunshine. I do find I start to get bored with the same routes over and over again, no matter how many times I reverse a route of find alternative routes. The sight of the Severn Bridge has got tedious.
All I do in my training rides is do a 5 mile loop with some sharp climbs and just keep doing the loops over and over again. Funnily enough you don't get bored of the scenery when all you are looking at is the tarmac 10 feet ahead of you!
Managed to squeeze in 2 hours worth before the sun went down tonight, Only managed 24 miles, but I like to think of them as 24 high quality miles. On my usual 30 mile training routes I can get round in 1 hour 30, without really breaking a sweat, but is it really that beneficial?
It's just a shame that in 2 weeks time i'll have to train in the dark.
Jon.
P.S Mods, I did think about putting this thread in the fitness and training section, but I think it covers more than that and is rather general.
As the nights are rapidly drawing in and next weekend the clock go back, I have been doing some hill training in order to get as best a workout in a short time as possible. That and I have the Dartmoor Devil to do next weekend. I'm actually starting to find hill training sessions are my most favourite. Whilst it is nice after work in the summer to do 30-40 miles in the evening sunshine. I do find I start to get bored with the same routes over and over again, no matter how many times I reverse a route of find alternative routes. The sight of the Severn Bridge has got tedious.
All I do in my training rides is do a 5 mile loop with some sharp climbs and just keep doing the loops over and over again. Funnily enough you don't get bored of the scenery when all you are looking at is the tarmac 10 feet ahead of you!
Managed to squeeze in 2 hours worth before the sun went down tonight, Only managed 24 miles, but I like to think of them as 24 high quality miles. On my usual 30 mile training routes I can get round in 1 hour 30, without really breaking a sweat, but is it really that beneficial?
It's just a shame that in 2 weeks time i'll have to train in the dark.
Jon.
P.S Mods, I did think about putting this thread in the fitness and training section, but I think it covers more than that and is rather general.