Subject: RE: Training for hills without hills...Since you are training for a very specific event, I would keep the intervals as close as possible to mimic the race. Long hills means longer intervals, shorter hills, shorter intervals. The trainer is a fantastic tool for these types of things. Just make sure you raise your front wheel to mimic the grade you will be riding (phonebooks are fantastic for this purpose, plus they are free! ). Also, make sure you get out of the saddle once in a while on the longer intervals so you get used to that. On flats, you rarely need to get out of the saddle and it is a skill needed for the steeper sections of the hills (and no, I'm not saying that you should always stand up when it gets steep )
Unfortunately, the overpasses/bridges are simply too short to make much of a difference...
When we lived in SW Florida, we booked weekends in the Clermont area to at least get some hill training in. |