{"id":19204,"date":"2015-04-20T18:15:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T17:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19204"},"modified":"2015-04-20T18:25:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T17:25:39","slug":"hitting-the-hill-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/hitting-the-hill-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitting the Hill Reps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring must be well and truly here as I&#8217;ve been getting out in the real world on my bike. After a winter sat on the turbo trainer it&#8217;s nice to be outside in the sunshine &#8211; although I do have to say that I&#8217;m a little odd in actually liking the discipline and\u00a0controllability of the turbo trainer. Most people hate it, I actually enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>After a couple of rides outside whilst on holiday in Dorset, I &#8216;ve done a few rides home from work here and then on Sunday went for a slightly longer ride. 12 miles into Machynlleth where I went for a fairly hard swim in the pool, followed by another 50 miles on the bike. I must admit that I was struggling a little towards the end though so need to start doing a few more long rides.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/288399622\/embed\/2f076ed397dcabef61b34e27ed679906095d9ea4\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The on Monday morning, still a little tired from the day before I headed off on my bike to do some hill reps. I thought I might struggle with these as there aren&#8217;t any hills when riding on a turbo trainer, but I did surprisingly well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/289028626\/embed\/49ebc2f82a8e48537a48a477ba5bf8ba75097272\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Best of all, even though I didn&#8217;t break any records, I actually pushed pretty hard on all of the intervals which is always a good sign. It also gave me a chance to try out my <a title=\"The Apple Watch - Not For Me - I want a Fenix 3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/the-apple-watch-not-for-me-i-want-a-fenix-3\/\">Garmin Fenix 3<\/a>, and add a couple of other <a title=\"Garmin Fenix 3 Set Up\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/garmin-fenix-3-set-up\/\">activity profiles to it&#8217;s settings<\/a>. One called Biking (Hill Reps) and one called Run (Hill Reps). 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