Back from a brilliant ride today - straight up "The Dumbers". This hill is made all the more difficult because it comes within a mile of leaving home - so no proper warm-up; felt shattered at the top, but did it! Went on to cycle more hills up out of Wincle Valley and then up Gun Hill (the easy side) to Tittesworth Reservoir for flapjack and coffee. Had done about 12 miles at this point, good job I noted it, 'cos after the cafe-stop my Garmin lost the data! AARGH!
So then it was of up The Roaches - couple/three nasty bits, must be approaching 20% in places - but I DID IT! Well pleased with myself! Then home with more climbing; lost my chain just as I was about to hit an uphill bit, average 9% - bit scary as there was a lorry behind me, but managed to unclip in time! THEN.... hail-stones all the way up the hill, NICE - NOT! In my face all the time, fortunately only 2 cars passed me so didn't have to worry about the traffic, just the weather!
The stats for the last 12 miles, including The Roaches:
| 52.4 % % climbing | 29.8 % % flat | 17.9 % % downhill |
52% climbing - felt like it! Heart rate maxed at 170bpm; didn't throw up though! 28 minutes (32% of second half of ride) with HR in Zone 5 - working hard!
| ZONE | %HRR | BPM | TIME | % ZONE |
| Z1 | 30% - 50% | 98 - 120 | 00:00:07 | 0% |
| Z2 | 50% - 60% | 120 - 131 | 00:07:16 | 8% |
| Z3 | 60% - 70% | 131 - 142 | 00:15:08 | 17% |
| Z4 | 70% - 80% | 142 - 153 | 00:18:24 | 21% |
| Z5 | 80% - 90% | 153 - 164 | 00:28:12 | 32% |
| Z6 | 90% - 110% | 164 - 186 | 00:19:36 | 22% |
So, I had sunshine, cloud and hailstones and baby baa-lambs, some looked to be only a week old; they didn't have the hang of managing their back legs when running, cute!! So autumn, winter and spring in a day! Ace ride!
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