Early this week I decided to do a climb session from
Tysse to Kvamskogen. This is a 12km climb with a total elevation of
about 400m, see profile below:
As usual for my Sunday ride I got up early at 06:00 and had a good
breakfast of fresh pasta, ham, and cottage cheese. As I got in the
car to drive to Bjørkheim where I would start today’s ride it was
raining and foggy.
The climb up to Kvamskogen was just as long and hard as I remembered, however, this time I did not have to stop every 15 minutes because my legs was out of juice. I only made one stop to take a picture of the waterfall close to the top, and yes, the stop was to get the picture nothing else!
As the picture below shows the weather was improving as I was climbing and the nice scenery going up the valley almost gives an energy boost to get to the top.
At the top of Kvamskogen the sun was shining and it was getting warmer. I finished the climb in 54min 08s and I am recording this my personal best. The plan is to test myself against this time early in the spring to see how much I have improved during the winter. Hopefully having a couple of these tests lined up will keep me on my toes and help me push myself to work hard throughout the winter :)
Descending down towards Tysse again took my straight back into the rain. Going at 60km/h I quickly got cold. However, the rain was not to heavy and the ride down does not take to long so I knew I would warm up soon. As I reached Tysse I got caught up in the peloton of a mountain-bike race, “Sykkel Rett Vest”, and I stayed at the back of the peloton for 4-5km until they turned off my route.
I was on the bike for 1h and 53 min today and I know for sure it will not be the last time I drive to Bjørkheim for a climb session up to Kvamskogen.
Sykkel Rett Vest - PDF information
Sykkel Rett Vest - Resultater
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| Elevation profile: Bjørkheim - Kvamskogen - Bjørkheim |
The climb up to Kvamskogen was just as long and hard as I remembered, however, this time I did not have to stop every 15 minutes because my legs was out of juice. I only made one stop to take a picture of the waterfall close to the top, and yes, the stop was to get the picture nothing else!
As the picture below shows the weather was improving as I was climbing and the nice scenery going up the valley almost gives an energy boost to get to the top.
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| Weather was clearing up as I got up to the waterfall "Fossen bratte" |
At the top of Kvamskogen the sun was shining and it was getting warmer. I finished the climb in 54min 08s and I am recording this my personal best. The plan is to test myself against this time early in the spring to see how much I have improved during the winter. Hopefully having a couple of these tests lined up will keep me on my toes and help me push myself to work hard throughout the winter :)
Descending down towards Tysse again took my straight back into the rain. Going at 60km/h I quickly got cold. However, the rain was not to heavy and the ride down does not take to long so I knew I would warm up soon. As I reached Tysse I got caught up in the peloton of a mountain-bike race, “Sykkel Rett Vest”, and I stayed at the back of the peloton for 4-5km until they turned off my route.
I was on the bike for 1h and 53 min today and I know for sure it will not be the last time I drive to Bjørkheim for a climb session up to Kvamskogen.
Sykkel Rett Vest - PDF information
Sykkel Rett Vest - Resultater
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