Alp d'Huez

This morning I finally went to another Opt-Performance spin class; I haven't done much over the past two weeks as I had the flu. Today's class was an hour warm up with 25 minutes or so of interval work at the end. Then we started the Alp d'Huez, this was a pretty tough way to get back into things. For those of you that don't know Alp d'Huez is the most famous climb in the Tour de France and may be the most famous climb in all of cycling. It is an 8.4 mile climb, we set the trainer to a 4% grade and we put blocks under the front tire to give us an additional 5%. Unfortunately I forgot to bring any food, and I feeling pretty hungry before we even started the climb. This definitely affected the day’s performance.

So here is the breakdown
Dst: 40.51
Max: 30.8 mph
Avg: 17.9 mph
Time: 2:28.16
In Zone: 37.42
160+: 1:50.34
Max: 186 (95%)
Avg: 164 (84%)Calories 2476