Southern California - Hill Intervals

I have a bunch of hill intervals, on New Port Coast, scheduled for tomorrow. It's one of those things that once I start doing I don't mind doing it, but it takes some motivation to drag my self out of bed and on the bike in the morning.
Sunday should be fun thought, if I am feeling up to it (getting over a cold) Como street and then extend the ride to three and a half hours.
No real point to this thread. Just procrastinating.

I have a bunch of hill intervals, on New Port Coast, scheduled for tomorrow. It's one of those things that once I start doing I don't mind doing it, but it takes some motivation to drag my self out of bed and on the bike in the morning.
Sunday should be fun thought, if I am feeling up to it (getting over a cold) Como street and then extend the ride to three and a half hours.
No real point to this thread. Just procrastinating.

What kind of hill intervals?

What kind of hill intervals?

Up and down New Port Coast at different intensities: 5x8m in zone3/4, and 5x8m in zone 2. Thank God for Ipod. :D

what is your current time up NPC?
Two different measurements: base to green electrical boxes at the very apex of NPC and base to the top of Vista Ridge...

I know my best effort up NPC (not including Vista Ridge) is either ~8:25 (last year... and I am old so my memory is failing)

what is your current time up NPC?
Two different measurements: base to green electrical boxes at the very apex of NPC and base to the top of Vista Ridge...

I know my best effort up NPC (not including Vista Ridge) is either ~8:25 (last year... and I am old so my memory is failing)

From the bottom to the light at the top around 8-9 minutes. I am not really going all out thought, as I mentioned I climb it in specific zones. I would love to do longer climbs, but this is the only hill in the area that is long enough. :(

Hill intervals are great. The other day my training parter had me doing all out hill sprints in my 53/17. Theres no better feeling that climbing a steep hill at over 20mph, even if it's only for a few seconds.

Hill intervals are great. The other day my training parter had me doing all out hill sprints in my 53/17. Theres no better feeling that climbing a steep hill at over 20mph, even if it's only for a few seconds.

oh, i dunno... i can think of some some things that feel than that. even while riding.

This last Thursday was my fourth week in a row of Newport Coast repeats. Doing more of "form" repeats than all out right now. I always dread the workout but always glad I did it. Maybe I'll see you at Como on Sunday.

I always dread the workout but always glad I did it.

Yep same here.

Hi,

I rode up Newport Coast once yesterday. :o

Even though I like to climb, I have never been able to bring myself to do hill repeats on Newport Coast. :(

I used to do hill repeats up Spyglass starting on Marguerite back in the 1980s. Now I just do short intervals on the hill in my neighborhood. Oh to be young and energetic again. :rolleyes:

Oh to be young and energetic again. :rolleyes:

I knew some people in NorCal taht are at least twice my age that can ride me in to the ground. Just saying... ;)

Anyway ride was fun, glad I did it. Although still glad I had my IPOD with some good music in my playlist. Going up and down the same hill 10 times in a row is kind of boring. The sucky part came when I tried to download the data from my bike computer, and it got corrupted. So no data to look at. :(