No Slackers + Hillacious

[Veronica]

It's sunny today, but it's so windy here in the delta. And it's a cold wind. I just had no enthusiasm for riding outside.

So... I did two videos - No Slackers + Hillacious

These two combined are an interesting workout. If I do just Hillacious, the first set (8 minutes of simulated 4 - 6% climbing) doesn't seem very hard. After No Slackers, it was a little more challenging.

The last set of Hillacious was wicked hard today. It's 30 seconds big ring and 12 seated, then 15 seconds standing. I think it's 15. You repeat that 4 times. At that point I had my music so loud, I couldn't hear what ECT said. By the third one my legs felt like lead.

It was good training though. I know with the wind I would have ridden lazy outside.

V.

[salsabike]

How much time total, Veronica?

[Veronica]

1 hour 41 minutes.

I skipped the 6 minute cool down at the end of No Slackers and went right into Hillacious. I think I still had two minutes of cool down on Hillacious when I stopped the timer. I cool down until my HR drops below 140 - then I'm done.

V.

[salsabike]

Good Woman, Veronica.

PS What did your knee think?

[jobob]

Gah, V, you're an animal.

First time I tried No Slackers last Thursday, I ran out of gas about 8 minutes from the end. So I'm pretty proud of myself for making it all the through it tonight.

But to go right into Hillacious after that .... geeze!

[Veronica]

Thanks for asking. My knee is doing okay. It's stiff every morning when I wake up, whether I rode the day before or not. Every now and then it will ache a bit on the bike. I sort of reposition my foot and stretch it as I ride.

Since I never went to the doctor for it, I don't really know what I did to it.

Jo, No Slackers will get easier. In my mind, it use to be the hardest DVD we had. Now, it doesn't seem so bad. You're really going over to the dark side though. What other DVDs do you have?

V.