| Re: I blew it!
Bill Baka wrote:
|| On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:20:42 -0400, Roger Zoul
|| <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote:
||
||| I went on a metric century today with about 3700+ feet of climbing.
||| According to my Polar 720i, that's about 1800 more feet than I
||| normally do
||| on 65 miles. Well, the ride as going great. Finally we got to
||| this one longish climb...some guy came past me....I decided to
||| follow....I finally pasted him back....HR hit 173 (my theoretical
||| max) and stayed there a while...I was huffing and puffing...only
||| going about 5 mph or so...but I got
||| that hill. My buddy who was with me at the beginning said I was
||| out of sight by the time he got to the top of that hill. He must
||| weigh some 60 lbs
||| less than me.
|||
||| Well, the next time a major hill came...I started having cramps in
||| my left
||| quad...the muscle to the left of the knee cap (inner front
||| thigh)...got off
||| and massaged it for a bit...it felt better. Went on...another
||| hill...this time it started locking up. Got off...I couldn't bend
||| my leg....it was stuck straight....that muscle as hard as a
||| rock...it took about 3 minutes before it relaxed. That was at 46
||| miles. I rode to 50 miles (3400ft of ascent) where the next rest
||| stop was. I got in the sag wagon. Dammit.
|||
||| I must learn to respect the climb. I must find some better climbing
||| material, too.
|||
|||
|| Were you at least out of the saddle attacking the hill or did you
|| just mash the pedals seated?
I was mashing but I was in the lower gear on the bike. I didn't stand,
though. I was already at my limit, so there wouldn't have been much point
to standing.
|| Doing the 'Lance Dance' gets me up the hills and saves my legs for
|| the straight stuff while getting my heart going a little faster.
I'm not sure what the "Lance Dance" is, sadly.
|