Winter Training in RP, Saturdays

Also, why do you say hills won't help much for the track. I thought they were perfect for building stamina and strength which is what a lot of the HH races involve?

Correct me if I am wrong please

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I think you'd get better strength benefits from standing starts and seated surges, and more stamina from a month of Spring sessions on the track.

It's a specificity thing. How important is it for you to be super strong at pushing the pedals round sub-75rpm? Unless you're doing the kilo, not very.

There's definitely a risk, whilst riding a track-type gearing round town, of training your legs to be slow and strong. If I were you, I'd be riding a medium gear in town, making the most out of spinning down Archway/Holloway Rd everyday, and doing your big gear stuff on the track, where things move faster and more predictably.

I'm TTing on 81"-93" this year. I'm commuting on 65". And much as I love the hills, they're not high on the agenda at the moment, and will be even lower after the early season hilly races are out of the way.

But get a second opinion from RPM, Al, Povey, or whoever. And here's to a speedy recovery from the knee problem.