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Supple Cow · 07-31-2008, 04:42 PM

New Miles: 3.5 (bike)
Personal Mileage: 5.5
Thread Mileage: 1618.7 + 3.5 = 1622.2

I was just trying to get to school and back and feeling kind of bummed because I missed the open lab hours, but then I discovered an excellent hill tucked away behind the trail by my house on the way back. Some sick part of my brain thought, 'YES, what an excellent time to do a hill workout even though it's humid and I'm wearing jeans!' Well, I guess I thought it was a good idea since I'm going to try to ride my fixie in a triathlon in two months and I don't want my body to be too surprised when I encounter unfamiliar hills. So I did two slow, controlled rides to the top (standing then seated), then two speed rides to the top (standing then seated in aerodynamic mode), then a final extra slow ride seated until the hill got too steep (about halfway) when I had to stand to keep moving forward. It's a good thing there was a nice long flat area to slow down in at the bottom or I would NOT have been able to stop myself. My quads are el done-o.

07-31-2008, 04:42 PM	#29 (permalink)
Supple Cow Americow, the Beautiful Location: Washington, D.C.	New Miles: 3.5 (bike) Personal Mileage: 5.5 Thread Mileage: 1618.7 + 3.5 = 1622.2 I was just trying to get to school and back and feeling kind of bummed because I missed the open lab hours, but then I discovered an excellent hill tucked away behind the trail by my house on the way back. Some sick part of my brain thought, 'YES, what an excellent time to do a hill workout even though it's humid and I'm wearing jeans!' Well, I guess I thought it was a good idea since I'm going to try to ride my fixie in a triathlon in two months and I don't want my body to be too surprised when I encounter unfamiliar hills. So I did two slow, controlled rides to the top (standing then seated), then two speed rides to the top (standing then seated in aerodynamic mode), then a final extra slow ride seated until the hill got too steep (about halfway) when I had to stand to keep moving forward. It's a good thing there was a nice long flat area to slow down in at the bottom or I would NOT have been able to stop myself. My quads are el done-o. __________________ "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)