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Getting Fitter (HR Overlay)
I did a nice easy ride to West Head and back last night from Bayview. This is a regular ride I do and is 43km long. My aim last night was to keep the heart rate down and make it a nice slow recovery ride.
Below I have overlaid my heart rate from 3 of the exact same rides.
The ride from the 28/10/2009 (blue) took 01:55:37 was one of my first rides back after having a busy 2009 with work and not much (read zero) exercise.
The ride from the 10/02/2011 (red) took 01:34:23 and is the fastest time I have done it in. My goal is 01:26:00 which is 30km/h.
The ride from last night 15/02/2011 (green) took 01:55:06 and was identical to the time in 2009.
I'm pretty amazed to see how low my HR was tonight compared to the ride in 2009.
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But I like it
It means my heart rate is working at about 40bpm lower to achieve the same time to do the same ride.
This also equates to also being able to do the same ride 20 minutes faster and still not stress my body as much as 2009.
Heart rate isn't the only variable that's changed since 2009
Agree, I've replaced the wheels and tyres
are you riding to achieve avg 30klmph
Road bike. Avanti Cadent 1.0
I was startin to feel real slow and unfit because i have trouble maintaining 25klm/h on MTB