Originally Posted by lvleph
The problem seems to be that I wasn't planning of almost 5k of climbing. I didn't know much about the route I was taking. I guess that was my first and biggest mistake.
My Ride
The hill I locked up on was apparently 5 miles and started around mile 45. I was going to do some hill repeats on Tuesday, but I am not sure if I will have recouped by then.
On my first english century, I was riding with some pretty damn good cyclists, and they decided to take me up the steepest climb in the area, on mile 55. It hurt, and killed my energy for later in the ride.
edit* looks like a fun ride (all my rides are typically almost straight
