For example I have my regular after work ride. There are two smallish hills on it, that are pretty close together, so not much recovery time. I get out of the saddle and push as hard as I can and I try to have the same speed at the top on both.

Coming back on this ride I have a one mile shallow up hill. Whatever speed I am doing when I get to a certain telephone pole, I have to maintain to the end, so for about 7 tenths.

I don't do this every time I go out and ride this ride. Sometimes there are other folks out there and I ride with them. Sometimes I just ride and look at the critters and the hills. Sometimes I push hard the whole ride.

V.