Gina On Some Mild Hills
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Gina On Some Mild Hills
Every once in a while I make a video that I really like. Maybe I'm just a romantic suckuh when it comes to Gina.
Well she had been feeling a little under the weather but her determination to get back into the hills surprises me. She's nto fast and doesn't race up the hills but she gets there. Must be the GMR rides but today she asked for more during the ride haha! One climb up the hill used to be her max.
Each hill is about a mile in length.
Well she had been feeling a little under the weather but her determination to get back into the hills surprises me. She's nto fast and doesn't race up the hills but she gets there. Must be the GMR rides but today she asked for more during the ride haha! One climb up the hill used to be her max.
Each hill is about a mile in length.
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Hey I liked the music
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It's beautiful where you live, Beanz! And so many hills. I envy you, and I'm not even ashamed of it!
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Does this woman know she is being stalked ?.........can't seem to quote you, freezes up when I push "reply with quote".
Yes, but these are the only pictures she'll let me post!
Yes, but these are the only pictures she'll let me post!
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This area in the vid is very popular with cyclist. Nice course and plenty of parks to refill water etc.
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Hahahaha! Funny, Gina never wanted to climb. She did on these hills and almost died the first few times. Then she graduated to GMR, the 8 mile climbs (2200ft), then to the village 21 mile climb (5000 ft). Eventhough she wasn't really feeling all that well, she did this ride yesterday. I figured she'd do one climb then be done. She did 3 then said, "I'm not pushing hard cause I don't feel all that well but these hills aren't anything like I remember".
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I don't use a Garmin but these are the hills on the ride according to the mapmyride site. I've heard mapmyride is not real accurate on sections of less than 1/2 mile but this is what I got for the climbs. Max 9% on the 1 miler and 14% max on the shorter climb.
Bonelli climbs by mrbeanz1, on Flickr
Bonelli climbs by mrbeanz1, on Flickr
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Well, if it is even remotely accurate then those climbs are very similar to the ones I ride regularly around here. Definitely capable of causing some good freighttrainism if ridden hard enough
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Yup! Gina is your height, 5'4. When we met, she was 124 lbs. Never thought of riding etc. back then. She'd kill me if I told her weight. But if she got back down, shed kill me on the climbs, maybe even the flats. She says no but she's got a natural small upperbody and big leg muscles. Very strong. If she really wanted to, she'd "bullet train" up the hills.
I did pretty well with the mtb thing until I had to upgrade (still have the medals and a plaque to prove it). Then it turned into a sufferfest that wasn't worth it to me.
I'm sure you can guess what part of a mtb race I was best at
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Great video Beanz! Those are some intimidating climbs from here! Gina didn't even look like she was working hard!
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Thnaks, she was pretty much cruising just to make it (cause we missed riding the wekend, rain). Though I can tell in the vid where that 14% grade was though.
Fuuny, I was thinking of some heavy breathing video but she wasn't.
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Yeah! First off, I don't know where Fargo street is and I'm not looking for it!
Second of all, I've done a 22% on the standard and that almost killed me but I made it! So 33% would be too much!
Third of all, I'm still not looking for Fargo Street!