"Ron Hardin" <
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> Per Elmsäter wrote:
> > > I don't see why either hills or headwinds build strength. You just gear down for both of them.
> >
> > If that's all you do you're going to lose a lot of speed. Spinning a
higher
> > gear than everybody else will take you up that hill faster than
everybody
> > else.
>
> You're just saying that you take wind or hills as a reason to stop pacing yourself perfectly. You
> don't need wind or hills for that.
No I'm saying it's the easiest place to drop everybody else. Once I get my opening I'm back to
pacing myself again.
Actually today on a group ride I was having some problems keeping up with the speed and was starting
to get a bit winded. At this point I caught site of maybe five minutes worth of hillclimb ahead of
us. The first thought that entered my mind was. Far out now I get a chance to get my pulse back down
again. I stayed in the paceline and when we were at the top of the hills my pulse had dropped 20
beats. I love hills.
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