When are we going to start to work hard?

Every week, twice a week, for the last four weeks we have gone to a climb called “Bandy Canyon” for some 5 minute intervals on the bike. The consensus among the Squad is that this workout sucks. What makes it so loathsome is that we have to keep our cadence below 60 rpm’s. At that cadence, it feels more like doing squats than riding a bike. This begs the question why don’t we just go to a gym for a “weight session” and do some squats? And the answer to that question is we are professional triathletes — we get paid to ride our bikes fast, not for having toned quads.

Since Coach Paulo had already made a couple videos of the other pieces to the money maker puzzle (i.e. swimming and running), it was time for a bike video. Below is a video from today’s Bandy Canyon hill repeats, where we work (play) hard.

Hillin’ from Paulo Sousa on Vimeo.

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