Originally Posted by bitemail
I just did a really nasty 5 mile climb...for a heavy rider it quite a killer. it averages 5 miles of pure hill, no rests or flats. Average is 10% but there is a part where it goes to a 17%....I was in so much pain I almost lost control of the bike, dizzy from exhaustion, still I pushed on. The temps so hot that even gloves are too much...you wat to rest just for a second but there is no rest...no flat. Alas I completed it in 50 minutes with an average HR of 180....The feeling was great.
5 miles and an average of 10%?..... WOW Where is this hill?
I saw a 24 endurance motocross rider on tv one time say something to the affect that taking time out of your schedule to suffer makes you enjoy the rest of life that much more. True True