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Beating my own drum here but I've just started a little blog series that some of you may enjoy criticising: Hobart's Top Ten Climbs (according to me)

http://marc.durdin.net/2011/11/hobarts- ... omain.html

See you out there somewhere!

Excellent read : ) Thanks for the link.

Thanks doggatas, glad you enjoyed it ... next post is in the publish queue

Is the zig zag reference to Nelson Rd? I slowly climbed that sucker on Sunday for the first time, I really cannot climb.

You'll have to wait and see I reckon the next post may find its way online in about 2 days... Unless I get impatient!

nice!

I like that you have decent directions, makes it easier for us rubber neckers to find/complete.... I won't be doing 5 reps in a lunchbreak though.....

zephy wrote:I like that you have decent directions, makes it easier for us rubber neckers to find/complete....

Thanks But I realised yesterday when I went and did the climb again, that I really send you around the long way... I've tweaked the directions on the blog post!

Did the climb X3 last night, I know it's not 5 but 3 is enough for now, I will build up to 5. 15% section put the burn in ya legs.

http://app.strava.com/rides/2255310

Awesome work doggatas -- the first time up that 15% pinch I don't find it too bad... but by #3 a lot of willpower is needed to keep powering up it for sure If I hadn't publicly set the 5X challenge, I would have turned around after #3 myself. Note to self: better go and check the next post in the series to make sure I haven't made any other silly challenges...

mcdurdin wrote:Note to self: better go and check the next post in the series to make sure I haven't made any other silly challenges...

haha, Just don't do Mt Wellington until last, that will give me time to loose a few more Kg's and build some fitness.

And the next post is up: http://marc.durdin.net/2011/11/hobarts- ... on-rd.html

Have had a couple of try's at the Domain climb over the last few days, great fun.

Keep up the good work Marc.

Between Marc and Strava , they have me totally addicted to these hill climb/segments.

Great motivational tool , for me anyway.

Even had a go at one of the off road ones today.

The climb from Glenorchy MTB park , up the cross country course , then green corps track to the top of the hill.

Thanks again Marc to clueing me in to this.

Gets me out on the bikes more often , and gets me pushing harder than I would otherwise have been.

I mostly ride by myself , so this sort of thing really keeps me motivated.

i still rate washington st and black snake rd

santacruzscott wrote:Between Marc and Strava , they have me totally addicted to these hill climb/segments.

Great motivational tool , for me anyway.

Thank you Mr Santa Cruz Scott I've just popped another post online ready for you as you sit down to work: http://marc.durdin.net/2011/11/hobarts- ... ey-to.html

Mr BarryTas, how's the graffiti this morning?

mcdurdin wrote: Mr BarryTas, how's the graffiti this morning?

all good, i just wrote my name on the Tasman Bridge

BarryTas wrote:

mcdurdin wrote: Mr BarryTas, how's the graffiti this morning?

all good, i just wrote my name on the Tasman Bridge

On the side of the bridge in huge red letters I trust, visible from the city?

mcdurdin wrote:

BarryTas wrote:

mcdurdin wrote: Mr BarryTas, how's the graffiti this morning?

all good, i just wrote my name on the Tasman Bridge

On the side of the bridge in huge red letters I trust, visible from the city?

yar and it glows in the dark, i am also fashioning a logo batman style that i can project into the air at night

Great job, can't wait for the next installment

Thanks Chuck; I've just posted the next installment

http://marc.durdin.net/2011/11/hobarts- ... umney.html

The next episode is now online: Strickland Ave. Your challenge in this episode is to beat the KOM by Andrew Crawley of 10:48 - Brewery to the top of Strickland Ave, that's an average speed of 25.4 km/h. Should be a piece of cake.

http://marc.durdin.net/2011/11/hobarts- ... kland.html

I've just gone and updated each post with a specific challenge. Some of them were already hinted at in this thread... Some of the challenges are achievable by mere mortals, others ... not so much. Which can you do?

Already completed Mt Rumney challenge!!

Challenge: ride this climb entirely over your heart rate anaerobic threshold (that is, in your red zone).

Your anaerobic threshold, is 84-90% of your maximum heart rate, not your red zone, Zone 6 94-100% of your heart rate would the red zone and you only last very very short periods, 2-3 seconds in this zone, the red zone. Maybe change to riding in your anaerobic threshold zone..

RobRollin wrote:Already completed Mt Rumney challenge!!

Rob, we are going to need proof of that. Please provide a link to the relevant Strava effort with cadence data attached.