Today the plan was for Terje and myself to do an interval session in the climb up to Falkanger in Åsane. However Terje suggested we drove to Takvam and did our interval session in the climb from Trengereid up to Gullbotn instead.
We started out at a very slow and controlled pace in order to keep the HR in zone 1 until we got to Trengereid which is a ride of about 7km.
The plan was to do 3 hard intervals of 15 minutes up the climb towards Gullbotn. However in the first interval we were so close to the top after 15 minutes that we decided to go all the way and stop at the top instead of limiting it to 15 minutes.
We did the the first interval in 18min 44s and the second interval in 19min 15s
When starting the 3rd interval it had turned late so we decided to do a "sprint" up to the roundabout halfway to the top instead. Of coarse being competitive we both started out to fast and my legs was all out of juice long before we reached the roundabout so the last couple of hundred meters was hard!
Terje beat me by 50-100 meters to the top on each of the 3 intervals, however I am much closer to keeping his speed now then I have been earlier. I think I am seeing some effect from my 4x4 interval sessions in the shorter hill up to Sæbø :)
Todays session felt extremely good and it was an energy boost to know I had climbed Gullbotn 2.5 times. Now, the plan is to do this interval session every Tuesday, however, we will start a bit earlier so that we can finish 3 intervals to the top without it getting to late.
Back at the car the SportsTrackLive app showed we had been riding 27.6 km in about 1h 45min.
http://www.sportstracklive.com/track/detail/BigManChanging/Cycling/bakke-trengereid/574449
There is no doubt this was my best day on the bike, at least this season. Already looking forward to next Tuesday :)
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