Seagull Century

[Blueberry]

Is there a way I can train for hills without actually doing hills?

Hills are (obviously) the best training. ECT on the trainer is an option (one of the climbing DVD's). Headwinds and intervals also help.

CA

[madscot13]

Nah I know the best way to get better on hills. I just can't think of 6.5k ft of climbing around me.

[ny biker]

The metric and 50-mile versions of the CWC have hills but are not that bad. It's the longer versions that start off by heading west into the mountains, so they have the harder climbs.

[carolync]

Hi gals!

I'm doing the Seagull with TNT too. Let's pray for good weather... heard last year was good, but over here on the shore, there will always be wind.

A TNT coach told us there is not such thing as a tailwind at the Seagull.

Carolyn

[divingbiker]

Nah I know the best way to get better on hills. I just can't think of 6.5k ft of climbing around me.

Just go over to 13th St & Florida Ave NW and do hill repeats there. That'll get you into hill-climbing shape!

[madscot13]

thanks! I wonder when the best time of the day would be to do those? I have a hill on my route. i wonder how many times I would have to do it to get 7400 ft of climbing in?

[divingbiker]

thanks! I wonder when the best time of the day would be to do those? I have a hill on my route. i wonder how many times I would have to do it to get 7400 ft of climbing in?

Any time other than rush hour is probably fine. That hill is only .13 mile long with 105 feet of climbing (if my calculation is right, that's about 15%), so you'd have to do it a lot to reach 7400 feet!

[madscot13]

That hill is only .13 mile long with 105 feet of climbing (if my calculation is right, that's about 15%), so you'd have to do it a lot to reach 7400 feet!

Can't I just ride my bike up the Exorcist steps a few times? they are just around the corner.

[7rider]

Just FYI....
Hotels in the Salisbury area are filling (or filled) up already.
I tried at lunch to get something local....no dice.
May need to move up to Cambridge area (35 miles away) or elsewhere (Seaford, DE?).