A short break in our otherwise crappy weather this Saturday. It was right around 0 C, and sunny all day. I got out on the road bike for the first time since January 17 !! I only did 35 km as I had very little time available. But, I tried to use the time wisely and did some hill repeats. There are a handfull of short and sweet hills that go up out of the Don Valley path system. Most are about 70 m vertical, with gradients ranging from 5 to 14 %. I measured them with a friends GPS. I did eleven climbs on four seperate hills for a total of about 700 m vertical. 35 km ridden in total, at 20 kph average. Not a horrible speed considering the 11 climbs, 3 of them at 14%. Grey sky, light snow and minus 3 today, yuck. I have asked the fitness specialist at my club to give me a cycling specific weight training programme. He said he would have it ready today. I'll share it with either of you if you are interested, and once I have done it once or twice.

Slowcolnago