Don't listen to them. Almost all of my speed on the track came from hill climbing last season. Thats pretty much all I did. I don't have very good aerobic fitness as the long races kill me, but I can move the bike quickly when I need to. Most of my leg muscle mass came from doing these same hill reps
erm I am going to disagree, you would have got some aerobic fitness and lactate tolarence from the hill work but no speed. That came from the fact you are gifted Mike. As the Auzzie boy said, if time is limited spend as much of it doing what you will do in the events you are training for......
If you want to get good at hill climbing climb hills, if you want to be good on the track ride at speeds which replicate race speeds and do some sprint work at race cadence.
erm I am going to disagree, you would have got some aerobic fitness and lactate tolarence from the hill work but no speed. That came from the fact you are gifted Mike. As the Auzzie boy said, if time is limited spend as much of it doing what you will do in the events you are training for......
If you want to get good at hill climbing climb hills, if you want to be good on the track ride at speeds which replicate race speeds and do some sprint work at race cadence.