Hill Repeats

My coach threw a new one at me today with an hour of hill repeats, So I chose a short but steep hill about 10 minute drive from my house. It is on a route I routinely bike. It's a hill I have to switch into my small gear so I thought it would make a good hill for repeats.

I parked near the bottom of the hill at a restaurant on a lake, then did a quick 5 minute warm up ride away from the hill before hitting it.

I had forgotten that there is a short steep downhill on the back side so I took the downhill and let it just roll out, then turned around and rode back to my car. Repeat.

Perfect morning, no wind, not too hot. The hills were tough, I worked them pretty hard. I found it interesting that my breathing was way harder/faster than my HR seemed to show.

A coworker lives in this area and when I got to work today he asked if that was me on the hill this morning. My bright yellow "early morning riding" jersey gets peoples attention apparently.