dave_atkinson wrote:not me,
not me, i’m very much a mouth breather 🙂seriously though, there’s no way i could get up the hill back home breathing through my nose. i’d suffocate about half way up…
yeah – that was exactly my thinking. so i’m more than a little surprised to report that I just did my 8 mile trip home (with a similar climb to dave’s) with mouth clamped grimly shut.
started off quite tentatively, expecting to run out of breath immediately, but by the top of the climb i was out of the saddle. i’d guess i was a couple of mph slower throughout, although the clock suggested the time wasn’t all that much different.
interesting…