I need better legs

[beccaB]

Generally, I don't have sore knees from biking, but there were problems when I was a runner. I feel pretty lucky that I'm not having a great deal of problems with my knees, but I'm wary of dishing out too much abuse and paying for it later. There are some hills that I can seek out, and I knew I would see those words-"hill repeat" Ugh! Yes I know, I'll be stronger for doing them.

[oz rider]

+1 to bike fit and riding hills (or big ringing the flats/headwinds when the knees will take it if you don't have hills to beat up). Sadly for me, it really is a power-to-weight gig though. The good climbers always look like they need a feed.

[marni]

here in the Texas Plains I don't get tons of hill riding and am forced to doing short fast repeats on the highway overpasses. That being said, I do get in a lot of alternate training in the constant headwinds and I usually plan the ride to take advantage of that resistance by going out in a slightly harder gear and coming home in a slightly easier gear. The difference, between the hill country ride last year and year before is that that last year I hardly ever used my ranny gear. We'll see what this year brings at the end of March and into April.