I love climbing.

I don't know why I love climbing, I'm not particularly good at it. I'm definitely not some 130lb Whippet of a man who goes full blast up hills like they aren't even there.  I'm more of a Labrador, who bounds up hills with my tongue hanging out the side of my mouth.  But you can always tell I'm having fun, even if it's not easy.

 

Yesterday, I did my prescribed 60min workout at 95% of Functional Threshold on the trainer.  And while it was hard and I'm sure it had the desired physiological effect, it was mentally tasking and quite boring.  So today when my plan called for 90min Z3 (83% of FT) I ditched the trainer and headed outdoors.  My warm-up consisted of about 10min of climbing on 6-8% grade and then 3 min of fast descent (yeah I like going downhill too) before I settled onto the bike for my 90min of Z3.

 

All in all it was a fun workout and I'm fairly sure the extra 10min of climbing won’t hurt me too much.

 

Train Hard and Smart

Pat