Triathaletes climbing hills
I did my first triathalon this weekend. The bike course (56 miles) was pretty hilly which was fine with me, since I have more of a roadbiker kind of mentality rather than a triathalete mentality. I was amazed how slow these triathalete people climb. I was even taking it easy on the climbs..even using the climbs to recover somewhat. For the hills, I put it in a small gear, sat upright, and spun my way up and I was passing gobs of people going up hills. Most of the others were trying to pound up the hills in a big gear, going 6 mph IN THE AERO POSITION!?!. Even a lot of guys who I had a hard time catching on the flats just totally lost it on the smallest of hills. What the hell were all these people thinking? I mean, they basically didn't seem to know what they were doing when the slope was more than 0 degrees.