Tag Archives: Surrey Hills
Still the slowest up hills
The only way I’m going to pass people on hills is if they are walking, and even then it’ll be a long, drawn-out affair. I’m stuck at the back on the January training rides and it’s starting to annoy me. … Continue reading
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Tagged "Sunday ride", blowing, climbing, limits, Surrey Hills, thresholds, training
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Lost in the Surrey Hills
New year means new resolutions to train more and get in shape. So it was no massive surprise to find about 25 Londond Dynamo riders huddled on one side of Hampton Court Bridge for the Sunday club ride, the first … Continue reading
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Tagged "hunger knock", "power output", "Sunday ride", "the bonk", Box Hill, climbing, club ride, Leith Hill, Peaslake, puncture, Surrey Hills, training
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The ride before Christmas
I couldn’t let myself reach Christmas without getting out into the Surrey Hills for the Sunday club ride so, on Christmas Eve, I dragged myself out of bed and down to Hampton Court Bridge to take a measure of my … Continue reading
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Tagged "mountain bike", "Ranmoor Hill", "Whitedown Vale", Box Hill, club ride, Cobham, Cyclefit, Dorking, energy, Esher, feeding, fitness, flat, flint, frame, Leith Hill, Merckx, puncture, Rapha, sale, Surrey Hills, training, weight, winter
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