Man. I gotta chill. Or, possibly, I really need to check my HRM. Maybe I’m wearing it wrong because apparently today I managed a max HR of 232. Pretty amazing, aren’t I?
Still, I do need to chill more on my aerobic rides and stay in that aerobic zone.
Route: Willamette to St. John’s and back on [...]

It’s one of two things:
The new HRM reads my pulse a little differently than my old HRM.
-or-
I’m tired.
I didn’t FEEL like I was going that hard, but apparently, I was. I definitely forced myself to go a little slower. And, ya know, it WAS hilly.
Here are the new HR zones I’ve set up:
Zone 1: 95-157
Zone [...]

Spin with Amanda.
1 hour, 10 mph
John’s Landing to downtown to Waterfront, across the Steel Bridge and back along the Esplanade.
Her knee was killing her on anything tilting skyward, which is worrisome.

Oooh. New Polar S150 HRM and a bundle of new stuff from Nashbar. Nothing cures a mild case of bike burnout quite like a new toy. And some freakin’ clothes — my gawd my shorts are see-through. I can’t believe how long I’ve been wearing the same three pairs of shorts and two jerseys. Jeez.

Anyhoo. [...]

Saturday Group Ride with VeloShop
Easy ride with a few short, hard efforts thrown in for good measure.
Distance: 47 miles
Average Speed: 14.9 mph.
Route: Hwy. 30 past St. John’s Bridge, up Newberry Rd.. South on
Skyline, then down Thompson. Then through town and south to the
Cemetery. Then turn around and head back to town and then home.
HR: 130-140 [...]

Ow.
Went out and did Kelley Point again, but with a group this time. So it was sort of a group ride, but a really hard one because there was some dude named Ricki with us, and he’s F-A-S-T.
Route: Roundabout through NE to Kelley Point, then back.
HR: Climbed as we went: 150-160-170-180. The 180 part was [...]

Aerobic Hills (short)
Time: 1 hour
Route: Sellwood, up through the cemetery, back across Terwilliger, and into downtown.
HR: Didn’t wear it. Long story, don’t ask. But low. The new wheel I got for the Black Bomber had a 900 tooth cog on it, so I spun spun spun up the hills.
Did some sit-ups and other core stuff [...]

Aerobic Hills

Route: Went up and over Rocky Butte, then up and over Mt. Tabor. Then down to Belmont for some coffee, then over to Sellwood and back via Springwater.
HR: Low. 157 max on the hills, 145 max on the flats. Mostly in the 130s or lower on the flats. We talked most of the way. [...]

Masochistic Psycho Ride
So I’d been reading in most of my books that, though it’s October and
I’m building my base, I should still throw down about once a week to
keep the skillz sharp and the legs strong.
Well, I can’t do my group ride tomorrow due to other commitments, so I
figured I’d do a hard tempo ride [...]

Oregon-based pro Doug Ollerenshaw on the economic incentives to dope in the U.S. cycling scene:
“The point, though, is that here in the US at least, dopers are rare. Rare and sad. If someone feels the need to cheat in order to gain slightly more fame and no more money than a checker at Wal-Mart, all [...]