I warned you guys about being old enough to try these.
But I knew you would try it.
A subtle but no so subtle point is that one is supposed to spin not mash. Now granted this drill drives one to mash but the idea is to strengthen the muscles throughout the entire pedal stroke.
We did the same workout today and I had to go all the way up in the big ring. As I was descending from my second climb, the P/1/2 guys were on their way up for their third repeat.
Today, we had about 20 people show up for the workout. It is great to have others suffering with us and yelling encouragement. It was 45 degrees at the start and 55 when we finished.
We are in the strength / power training phase of this cycle and we will segue-way to base in a couple of weeks to begin to turn the increased strength into usable power.
Here is the profile...45 miles with 4100 feet of climbing (altimeter).
