I wish there was a way that you could turn these rides into effective training but I can now relate entirely to a lot of the 'training conundrums' you see on Trainerroad forum etc. as I can see that I'm doing a lot of quality riding but not getting any faster, and am wondering if I should be dropping some of the bigger rides I have planned in the next couple of months, but then, is that really worth it just for the possibility of a slightly-better-than-mid-pack finish at an event that's not really a race anyway? 😆
Definitely thinking I should sack off any competitive aspirations in future years, it's a pain in the backside trying to fit 'fun' riding around structured training!
Thursday club ride which is only 25 miles plus 8 each way to the start/finish and involves Pisshill which is ~24minutes at threshold again.
I've just rode Pishill for the first time today despite it just being down the road from me. I imagine it's normally a pretty nice climb but today it was bloody cold along there and a freezing headwind the whole way up to Christmas Common. Needless to say, it wasn't fun 🤣
Dammit, I assumed the forum had eaten at least one of those replies.
I've just rode Pishill for the first time today despite it just being down the road from me. I imagine it's normally a pretty nice climb but today it was bloody cold along there and a freezing headwind the whole way up to Christmas Common. Needless to say, it wasn't fun 🤣
Haha, I quite enjoy it, fast on the flatter start and a spirit at the end suits me perfectly 😂 And generally the valley shelters you from the prevailing headwind.
It's worse in on a still night in winter as you can leave Reading at ~7C, the temperature drops a bit, but not much into Harpsden / Henley, then as soon as you start up Fairmile you hit a wall of cold air descending the valley and you go from sweating to shivering.