Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
If I ran two miles, my heart rate would be off the chart...

Is it possible the reading is simply a result of your physical conditioning?
I don't that is the answer. Suzie and I have been riding together several times a month for almost a year, including event rides. For all of the rides, we were within a fraction of each other on the heart rate statistics. I say this because we are the same age, except Suzie is lean and I carry excess fat. Then all of sudden, on all of her bike rides, either alone or with Ellen and me, short rides or long rides, her heart rate would not go up. For example, the three of us did an event ride in June, about 73 miles, and the weather was cold, there was constant heavy rain, there were real steep hills, there was wind, there were rolling hills, and so on. Suzie ended up with an average heart rate of around 107 and Ellen and I were in the 130s.

I don't understand why this is happening to Suzie. I told her it is almost like her bike rides are useless because she isn't getting any meaningful cardio. I can go out and walk my dogs on the hills around my home and get a higher average than her bike rides. The top cyclists train via their heart rate. They are in superb condition and they are able to get their heart rates up. So why can't Suzie get her heart rate up?

Darcy