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Keith Willoughb
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I've been poring over OS maps, trying to find routes around
Pontypridd that don't involve hills. These routes don't
exist. So, I guess I'm going to just have to suck it up and
get used to going up them.
Now, at the moment, I can go up inclines. I can climb up
from Tongwynlais to Caerphilly, which is a couple of hundred
feet in two miles or so, and that's not much of a problem. A
little puffed at the end, but basically fine. However, when
it gets a little steeper, I can do about 50 feet before my
thighs start to burn and I have to stop. Standing up and
honking isn't an option - I just can't do it any more.
So, what's the best way to practise going up hills? Should I
ride the hills I can do (such as the Tongwynlais route I
mention above) lots of times? Or should I try to ride up the
steeper ones and do a few feet extra each time?
(The best thing I could do is lose weight, but that's a
little more long term, and I'm thinking that if I learn to
climb hills weighing what I weigh now, it'll be a picnic
when I do lose weight - I'm thinking of it as extreme
training. Like some of you lot climbing hills with a child
on your back )
--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/ "We are not the
only experiment"
Pontypridd that don't involve hills. These routes don't
exist. So, I guess I'm going to just have to suck it up and
get used to going up them.
Now, at the moment, I can go up inclines. I can climb up
from Tongwynlais to Caerphilly, which is a couple of hundred
feet in two miles or so, and that's not much of a problem. A
little puffed at the end, but basically fine. However, when
it gets a little steeper, I can do about 50 feet before my
thighs start to burn and I have to stop. Standing up and
honking isn't an option - I just can't do it any more.
So, what's the best way to practise going up hills? Should I
ride the hills I can do (such as the Tongwynlais route I
mention above) lots of times? Or should I try to ride up the
steeper ones and do a few feet extra each time?
(The best thing I could do is lose weight, but that's a
little more long term, and I'm thinking that if I learn to
climb hills weighing what I weigh now, it'll be a picnic
when I do lose weight - I'm thinking of it as extreme
training. Like some of you lot climbing hills with a child
on your back )
--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/ "We are not the
only experiment"