Hi Mel,

I'm ramping up the intensity of my training since my races are fast approaching and I'm wondering which training options I should go for. My cycling team has a fast group ride once a week that I was doing in the spring but stopped a couple months ago because I didn't feel that training on a road bike for crit-like conditions would help with my Xterra training. Instead I figured my time would be better spent on the mtb doing hill repeats since it's more sport specific. But is that the right choice? I can see the benefit of bridging gaps and holding on to a chase group by my fingernails, but I wonder if that's going to help me with my climbing endurance on a mtb that has a different geometry. Granted I'm still on the mtb over the weekend, but I'm trying to decide what's the best use of my Tuesdays.