In attempt to get some climbing legs underneath me in preparation for some l-o-n-g climbing that's coming up, I got out for some hill repeats over in the park this afternoon . . . . cause, being a teacher and having the summer off, what else am I going to do (salt in the wounds for a blog reader for yesterday).
The plan was to do three hill repeats on each of the three big hills in the park: Pinks, Blacks/King Mtn, and Fortune. On my first ride up each hill I set the odometer on the computer to check the distance, and locals correct me if I am wrong, but here is what I got: Pink = 1 km (give or take a few dozen meters), Blacks/King Mtn = 1.4 km (this was from the base of the larger portion of the climb - just after the MacKenzie King parking lot dealie, not from the Gatineau/Champlain intersection obviously, to the top where the picnic/parking lot is), and finally Fortune = 2.1 km (from the bottom at Meech Rd. to the beginning of the Lac Fortune, just past the yellow 'hill' sign).
The plan was to do three hill repeats on each of the three big hills in the park: Pinks, Blacks/King Mtn, and Fortune. On my first ride up each hill I set the odometer on the computer to check the distance, and locals correct me if I am wrong, but here is what I got: Pink = 1 km (give or take a few dozen meters), Blacks/King Mtn = 1.4 km (this was from the base of the larger portion of the climb - just after the MacKenzie King parking lot dealie, not from the Gatineau/Champlain intersection obviously, to the top where the picnic/parking lot is), and finally Fortune = 2.1 km (from the bottom at Meech Rd. to the beginning of the Lac Fortune, just past the yellow 'hill' sign).
- 3 x Pink @ 1 km = 3 km of climbing
- 3 x Blacks/King Mt @ 1.4 km = 4.2 km of climbing
- 3 x Fortune @ 2.1 km = 6.3 km of climbing
Grand total = 13.5 km of hill repeat climbing, plus all hills in between. My total for the ride was a hair over 80 km return trip from home. Legs felt really good throughout. No interval stuff, ie. one legged climbs, standing sprints, spin ups, etc. Just seated climbs in a gear that I had to work, but not so much to send me over the edge.
Yes, I like Iron Maiden. Yes, I used to have a mullet.
Yes, I like Iron Maiden. Yes, I used to have a mullet.
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I just did my first hill repeats this evening. 6x pink lake hill. I felt really good throughout, no "bad" pain, alternating sitting and standing climbs.
Still wondering if there's a right way or a wrong way to do hill repeats. I don't really know what I'm doing - just didn't have time for a full park loop tonight (started late) so I decided to try something different.
PS... I find listening to Lamb of God really keeps me pumped when suffering!!
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