Originally Posted by
Machka
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My experience is more like this ... Day 1: I was a gasping painful mess at the top. Day 2: I was even more of a gasping painful mess at the top. Day 3: Same gasping painful mess as on Day 1. Day 4: Same gasping painful mess as Day 2 ... perhaps even worse.
When does it start to get better?
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I don't know about him or the other people you're referring to, but I always say to give it two months at least. Starting from scratch that is - I know that you have ridden a lot of miles so who knows what your hill is relative to how fast you can improve,