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2011 Ride #5

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I kind of felt like the space shuttle Challenger today … I pretty much exploded immediately after launch. AvgHR 168bpm, MaxHR 184bpm … on the flats, while doing a whopping 15 mph. The absolute lowest my heart rate got was 143bpm …

The bright side is that I finished the loop, [...]

March 13th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Cycling | Comments are closed

2009 Ride #4

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Second longest ride of the season, and first ride with more than 1000′ of climbing; hit 1400′ in about 22.5 miles. Heart rate was high from the get go; topped out a 179 (higher than my theoretical maxHR, and according to MotionBased, that is zone 7.1), and except for the first couple [...]

February 21st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Cycling | Comments are closed

A rough ride

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I know as well as anyone that most MaxHR calculators are guides, and that the only true way to determine your max is to have a VO2Max test done … but the calculators should be relatively decent estimates for everyone but elite athletes.

According to the most common forumula (220 – age), [...]

August 24th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Cycling | Comments are closed

Zone 5+++

So what does it mean when you spend about 65% of your ride at 90% MaxHR or higher?

May 4th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Cycling | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)