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Thanks for the complements guys.
got my third real ride of the year in. didn't take the garmin, as its not really setup at the moment. i did about ten to twelve miles on the henry hudson drive. took a few wrong turns and ended up doing a couple extra big steep hills. boy do i feel it today!there was some kind of race going on. hundreds of other bikers out on the drive. i didn't want to feel like a whimp, so i pushed myself on all the climbs only stopping twice at the tops of the hills to let my heart rate drop down and then off again. i still felt like a fat wuss. i ended up making a good pace with a couple of racers just ahead of me. i followed them for the 4 or 5 miles on the way back. i rode for about an hour 15 to an hour thirty. no race pace here. that place is hillier than jersey city and i felt my lowest gear was still a bit too tall on the steepest/longest hills while ok on the others. my bike is setup as a double. i need to get out a lot more and quit partying as much as i do!
i guess i could do the hill at the end of my block over and over again. its fairly steep, about 4 blocks long and somewhere close to 200ft climb. its just a little dangerous going down as it is a one way in the up direction.
Make sure you don't take unnecessary risks with safety. When you are tired (like after lots of hill intervals) you are more likely to do something stupid and crash or not be able to react quickly to avoid a car (because your legs are like overcooked spaghetti). A friend crashed a couple weeks ago and busted a brand new Zipp 303 as a result. The good news, Zipp gave him a spanking new wheel, no questions asked. He is the biggest Zipp fan on the planet but athat's a different story.