Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Jul-22: "hill / cadence" training

Jul-22:

BJP back-lot: PUCh-Norwood-PossumTrack-RavenRidge-Brassfield-DeerTrail-Honeycutt-Brassfield-Hardee-Lindley-PT to Hardee-Bingham/Cedar-PT to the bottom-PT to the top-Norwood-PUCh; 23.8 miles; est 1311 ft climbed ---> effort = 36; 1hrs, 32min; 15.4 mph avg pace.

1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.
2nd Qt. tot: 43 rides; 2124.3 m.; 134 hrs, 59 min; 15.7 mph.
Jul tot: 12 rides; 577.9 m.; 35 hrs, 27 min; 16.3 mph. (adjusted the total time a bit)
YTD: 75 rides; 3457.5 m.; 217 hrs, 57 min; 15.9 mph. (adjusted the total time a bit)

Rolling 12-mos.: 119 rides; 5617.6 m.; 349 hrs, 53 min; 16.1 mph.

I found myself "soft-pedalling" up Norwood on the first UP of the ride. Hey, dummy! This is supposed to be "hill / cadence training," not "easy touring training."

I think I have been BAD about HOW I've been pedalling UPs for a couple weeks. The point is to re-train the legs and the BRAIN to keep the cadence higher. Eventually, the legs and brain did a bit better.

I doubt it will make much, if any, difference on my UP speed.

No comments:

Post a Comment