Yeah, and time them to see what was fastest.

Not sure if I could do repeats.... hmmm.. interesting idea. My buddy would think I'd really gone off the deep end if I started doing that! That hill is in his head... there's two more big climbs and countless short but steep ones on this 6-mile stretch of road so when I crest NW, I'm always thinking ahead to the next climb. I get about a 20-second downhill to recover before it's time to stand and crank the next (much shorter) hill. Hasn't even occurred to me to repeat NW!

I really like standing if I've been sitting for a while. Someone else called it stretching and it's all of that and more; it really seems to agree with my body. Maybe all the steep stuff I've climbed on foot in my life? Dunno.

I'm doing a Century with the above-mentioned buddy tomorrow, and we will be on the flats for a lot of it... honestly I'd rather be in the rollers (at a minimum) but since its my first Century, and his conditioning has fallen off, we are going to yum up some miles on the flats to conserve energy and see how things are going. I'll be LOOKING for places to stand up!