Power

POWER!!... A phrase commonly quoted by Mr. Clarkson in nearly every car review on Top Gear and something I think is missing from my legs.

Whilst riding to Brighton Dave suggested that I should ride in a harder gear at times, so that I had something left to help me up the Beacon.  If you read the previous post you'll read how that went.  Another thing that got me thinking about Power was today's announcement of the Tour routes and looking at the profiles of the possible stages that could be the Etape.  They turn the Beacon into sand pit architecture.

Hmm so Power, how to get it. Having looked at some pics and read lots on the internet.  I have 2 options.

1. Weight - apparently World class climbers generally have less than 2 pounds of body weight per inch of height.  apply that to me and the calculation goes like this: Current height 6ft 3in (75 inches) x 2 so ideal climbing weight would be 150lbs (10st 9lbs). 
2. Bigger legs - I need to transform my Quads and Ham Strings into real turkey drummers that Bernard Matthews would be proud of.

Am I going to try and lose another 3 1/2 stone...NO!  BM legs it is then.   

I have changed my focus on the turbo to intervals.   5 min warm up chain on the middle cog at the front and middle at the back.
My intervals are 2mins in my hardest gear, biggest cog at the front and smallest at the back. Then 3 mins
spinning the pedals, biggest cog at the front and a couple of cogs off the bottom.