Anything you have to work to climb sounds like a hill to me!
and your 9% grade for two blocks that you say nearly killed you sounds pretty perfect!
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05-29-2007, 05:24 AM #1
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05-29-2007, 05:54 AM #2
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That sounds like a good hill to do repeats on.
You might try doing different things each time you climb it - staying in the saddle, getting out of the saddle, maintaining a certain cadence, staying in a certain gear, keeping a particular HR.
Those are my tricks for keeping hill repeats from getting boring.
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05-29-2007, 06:14 AM #3
What's next? A half iron?
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I do hill repeats on anything from 3-12% - depends on what I'm trying to work on. I have a few 3% grades that I try to go up as fast as I can and keep my speed up pretty high. Then I have a hill that is so steep that I can only do it once and my gola is just to get up it without stopping. The main one I do is just around the corner from home. It's about .5km long and about 6-9%. I time myself and do it about 6 times.
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05-29-2007, 06:44 AM #4
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All good and helpful suggestions...thanks!
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05-29-2007, 07:09 AM #5
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Sheesh, I've been known to do repeats on freeway overpasses when I'm desperate. Use what ya got.
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05-29-2007, 07:23 AM #6
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Overpasses...
Hmmm...we have lots of these. Good idea.
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05-29-2007, 09:41 AM #7
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My workouts include a variety of different types of hill repeats. My workouts are all based on time, so I'm not sure how they translate to distance, but they run the gamut from hill sprints that last 20 to 30 seconds, to cruise intervals on a 6 to 8 minute hill.
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