hills... my dreaded weakness
Does anyone have any tips on getting up hills?
I just started going up hills 2 weeks ago, and have improved slightly. When I first started I could barely make it up some of them, and now, I can make it up 2 without stopping.
My problem is i go, but after I push hard, my legs just start to go and lose all momentum, and have to get off and walk my bike uphill. I have noticed that on the right side of my waist starts to spasm .. is that from breathing too heavily?
I try to take deep breaths and relax.
My husband and I are signed up for the Civil War Century ride in September.. but we are only doing the 1/4.
to weave, or not to weave...
Today I paid attention to just WHEN it is that I start to weave going up hill. Generally speaking it is when my speed drops to around 5-5.5... however there is another piece of the puzzle. If I am looking well ahead of me then I noticed that I seem to straighten out - it is when I am focusing on the road in front of me as I climb that hill that I start weaving...
So today when I started weaving I started looking further ahead, to the top of the hill or the next rise if I could see it. It seemed to make it easier to stop weaving. Of course, so did that SUV coming up along the side of me - the thought of becoming road kill helped too :o
Hills...Biking...if it was easy anyone could do it!
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Originally Posted by
Catrin
Today I paid attention to just WHEN it is that I start to weave going up hill. Generally speaking it is when my speed drops to around 5-5.5... however there is another piece of the puzzle. If I am looking well ahead of me then I noticed that I seem to straighten out - it is when I am focusing on the road in front of me as I climb that hill that I start weaving...
So today when I started weaving I started looking further ahead, to the top of the hill or the next rise if I could see it. It seemed to make it easier to stop weaving. Of course, so did that SUV coming up along the side of me - the thought of becoming road kill helped too :o
EXACTLY. I think where we focus our eyes our bodies follow. Think about when you are driving a car, where are you looking? Not right in front of you but a ways in the distance. We have to watch the road ahead of us for potential hazards so try shifting your eyes from in front of you to a ways up ahead. I think looking at the goal (the top) helps to but then I look around to entertain myself. Cool! Also giving yourself little goals on a long hill will help, a cow, a fencepost, a store...