Base – "Aerobic" Hills – 2006-10-25
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 2: 158-165
Zone 3: 166-175
Apparently, I have to manually change the zones when I’m on the bike to record the time in that zone. But the new HRM DOES tell me the time spent above and below the zone, and my average and max heartrate. So I guess that’s helpful.
Today’s ride:
Route: Eastside to Sellwood, up the Cemetery, to Terwilliger, up to Fairmount via Dosch. Home via Vista and Salmon.
Time: 1:07
Distance: 14.6
HR Average: 144BPM
Below 1: 1:13
In Zone 1: 48:09
Above 1: 18:19
HR Max: 174 BPM (!! What?!?)
Average Speed: 13.0 MPH
Max speed: 33.3 MPH (I got stuck behind a slow truck on my favorite part of Vista. Alas.)
I felt, well, fine. Tired. Sore. My butt hurt. And I was freaking out that on the Black Bomber with it’s wall-climbing cassette, that my HR was so high. But whatever. I may test to see if I can wear both HRMs at the same time to “test” them.
Did 40 sit-ups when I got back, and stretched out really well. The stretching felt AWESOME. I might do some more of that when I get home.