Early Sat. LEG SMASH. BEAT THE HEAT 6:30 @ Stow Plaza
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 5:50 pm
Why punish yourself by riding at any time later than 9 am? Really, are you nuts?
Instead, do something equally stupid and crush your legs with hill repeats and a 6-7 minute pace line ripper in between.
Here's the map:
[ridewithgps]http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2605257[/ridewithgps]
Description:
- Leave Stow Plaza at 6:30 - it's gonna be 70ºF overnight and the temperature will only be going up, up, UP from there
- ride tempo to Windermere (segment) where we'll do 4 repeats to the iron gated driveway. Rest all the way down to Flagg Hill Road, turn around and go up again. MAKE IT HURT DAMMIT! I want some damn KOM's guys!
- We will wait at the bottom of Windemere until everyone has done their 4 repeats, each person can do them at their own pace but you GOTTA do 4.
- Easy ride to Taylor Road (segment) where it meets Garner Road (this is the bottom of the part of Taylor on the Weds Night Ride where the road is crap and you have to do that short but very steep climb). At that point, we start killing it, as a group (or two) pace lining so as to grab a KOM on this segment which ends where Boxboro Road meets West Acton. Chris Pare got a 6:46 a year ago, KOM is 6:16. Come ON guys!
- Soft pedal, cuz, admittedly we're kinda beat at this point, down Tuttle, past Stow Plaza, up Pompositticut (leave MY KOM ALONE!) then right on Howard for four more hill repeats (segment). Again, everyone does four, regroup at bottom of Howard.
- Ride back to Stow Plaza. Iced coffees for everyone. Whole ride should take us less than two hours.
Instead, do something equally stupid and crush your legs with hill repeats and a 6-7 minute pace line ripper in between.
Here's the map:
[ridewithgps]http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2605257[/ridewithgps]
Description:
- Leave Stow Plaza at 6:30 - it's gonna be 70ºF overnight and the temperature will only be going up, up, UP from there
- ride tempo to Windermere (segment) where we'll do 4 repeats to the iron gated driveway. Rest all the way down to Flagg Hill Road, turn around and go up again. MAKE IT HURT DAMMIT! I want some damn KOM's guys!
- We will wait at the bottom of Windemere until everyone has done their 4 repeats, each person can do them at their own pace but you GOTTA do 4.
- Easy ride to Taylor Road (segment) where it meets Garner Road (this is the bottom of the part of Taylor on the Weds Night Ride where the road is crap and you have to do that short but very steep climb). At that point, we start killing it, as a group (or two) pace lining so as to grab a KOM on this segment which ends where Boxboro Road meets West Acton. Chris Pare got a 6:46 a year ago, KOM is 6:16. Come ON guys!
- Soft pedal, cuz, admittedly we're kinda beat at this point, down Tuttle, past Stow Plaza, up Pompositticut (leave MY KOM ALONE!) then right on Howard for four more hill repeats (segment). Again, everyone does four, regroup at bottom of Howard.
- Ride back to Stow Plaza. Iced coffees for everyone. Whole ride should take us less than two hours.