Sunday morning Church of Pain training ride…

Ride Cancelled because of Cold

If I learned anything in my first year of racing, I learned that the race is usually won on the hills. I raced in about 5 races last year and was dropped off the back of the peloton in every one of them on a hill, except one, where I bonked at mile 95 for lack of carbs and fluids. So my goal this year is to improve my climbing. Nothing felt worse than to see the peloton slip away as I was gasping for air, and feeling the painful effects of lactic acid overload through out my body. So I am going to have to make some changes to achieve my goal. For one thing, I will need to get my weight under my last year low of 189. Secondly, if I can keep from getting laid off, I will need to purchase some lighter wheels from our new wheel sponsor Williams Wheels. Lastly, I will need to do some hard hill intervals. So if there are any gluttons for pain and improvement, I will be doing a Sunday morning boot camp of hill intervals on March 8th, at 9:00 AM. Check your clocks because I believe its day light savings time that day. This is not for the faint of heart or really out of shape. This one is going to hurt. We will meet at the top of the hill at the corner of 2300 E. Bengal blvd.(approx. 7600 S.). We will do about a 2.40 mile loop as a warm up and then hit the hill hard. At the top we will go slow, regroup, and try to recover as we go around the loop again. I plan on doing it 6 times. You get extra points if you throw up at the top. If you have any health problems or are not in really good shape, then you can do the interval a lot slower. The total mileage will be about 14 miles. If there are any ride leaders who are going to come could you try and get it put on the calendar. Thanks.