what do YOU call a hill????

[Lynne]

I was watching the TdF yesterday and I thought of this thread:
They were showing Stuart O'Gradys stats and he was climbing the last Cat 1 climb at 10 klicks (about 6.1 mph) over a 5-6% grade.
Ok..I Know he's a sprinter so mountains are just not his forte but for a brief moment in time there I was all excited that I could climb a 5-6% grade faster than a pro racer! LOL
Just thought I'd give everyone a little hill climbing boost there! Next time you're climbing look at your speed - you May just be climbing faster than a pro racer!

OMG, too funny! I'm kicking Stuarte O'Grady's butt. Hmmm....now if I could just toss on 2 cat 3 climbs, a cat 2 climb and like 127 miles BEFORE the cat 1 climb and STILL do 6mph...whoo hoo!