Last Tuesday was the final time we had K11/10D course on the season calendar - the dreaded hill climb one!
Although I got a course PB 2 weeks ago on this same route, my pacing wasn't so amazing so I was keen this time around to nail that element and see if it helped me go even quicker. Having had a lovely cycle over in the sunshine (it was another warm night, but thankfully not quite as warm as Sundays TT where I almost melted!), I knew it could be a quick night. Pre race my coach Tim (Catenary Coaching) had given me some pace top tips - essentially not to go full beans up the first half of the hill, and then immediately regret that decision, resulting in crawling back to the finish line along the latter flat section of the course with zero energy left. So the plan was to stick to my target power on the flatter section leading up to the climb, then keep a steady constant power approx. 20watts above my target power up the hill to make up for the potential power lost coming down the hill on the way back, and then finally push back towards the finish line at target power or beyond if I had the energy left! Well I tried to stick to it and it worked - 30secs course PB! I still felt sick at the top of the hill... But less so compared to last week so at least I could push on back to the finish line! Maybe borrowing Jade's go faster aero socks helped too! Hels x
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