Today we did our last longer ride before Bergen - Voss 2012. We started out at Vågsbotn and rode to Gullbotn and back for a total of 58.8km.
I was going slightly to fast in the 10km before the climb from Trengereid to Gullbotn and my legs felt quite heavy as we started the climb. I decided to take it easy and so I let Terje and Beathe get away at their own speed and focused on keeping my heart-rate low, or as low as I could :), for the entire climb.
It took me 21 minutes to climb to the top of Gullbotn but as I arrived at the top I felt better then down at the beginning and I only lost 3-4 minutes compared to going closer to my maximum. This was a good reminder that I need to be careful during the race so that I do not push to hard in the climbs as I will not lose to much time anyway. I will most likely loos MUCH more time if I run out of juice halfway through Hardanger.
For the coming week I will only make one more short ride, Wednesday or Thursday, and I am now really looking forward to the race on Saturday :)
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