I Did it!
I did it! Up to the top of Rock Store in under 20 minutes! 19 minutes 47 seconds or so. Yeah! My heart rate was almost 180 during the last 5 minutes of the climb. Huffing and puffing so hard that I thought my heart was going to come out of my throat. Not a good feeling.. but I did it! I think the key was that I was really conscious about pulling up on my pedal strokes instead of mashing down all the time. This helped me spin faster and climb up the hill more efficiently, I think. I also took it really easy on my warm up to the climb. Ahhh…. Not sure if I can do it again in under 20 minutes. Well.. maybe. Next goal will be to try to do it again. Hopefully, it’ll be easier the next time around. =)
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