Hill Climbing

One of my major weaknesses on the bike, esp when I am with all my Roc buddies, is climbing hills. I can easily keep up with them on the flat and downhill portions. But once I hit a little hill, they are gone! It's like a 50 lb. cement bag is dropped on my shoulders and I just lose all my speed.

And as I look at the site for the Tri in Barcelona, along with some youtube videos of the race, I notice that there are going to be some light climbs along the way. I am treking over the Rockies and scaling a volcano. But I am going to have to climb some.

So yesterday evening I decided to go over to one of the hills near our house and do some intervals. I don't know how far it is from bottom to top or what sort of grade hill it is, but I do know that it feels pretty long.

Deciding ahead of time what the workout will consist of is one of the best things for me. Internally I had agreed upon 10 treks up the thing. But I decided I wanted to sit in the saddle for half of them and stand to push for the other half. So we alternated.

Times from bottom to top
Standing:
2:15
2:06
1:55
1:50
1:55

Sitting in the saddle:
1:45
1:50
1:55
1:55
1:52

Wasn't too tired at the end. Guess I could have done another 10. Maybe soon!