Seven loops of Poplar Plains Rd. hill to work on fitness yesterday. Some random other guy (also a greybeard, like me) doing a longer loop, kept up with me, so I'm not that fast. However I got the average loop time down from about 6:05 over three loops the last time, to 5:40 over 7 loops this time. Each 1.7 km loop involves climbing 30 m (100 ft) of altitude in 600 m, so about a 5% grade.
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