High Heartrates and HR Zone training

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

MotionBased's server was "busy" last night when I was trying to upload. So anyway - here was last night's ride as promised.

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6394810

Now, I admit.. I really was working hard. I was trying to stay ahead of a real-life "virtual partner". hee hee
Still hard to see that my avg hr was so high... surely i'm not the only one... ??

[OakLeaf]

Okay, I still don't see it being super high, if you were working hard as you say, especially considering the heat (if MotionBased was accurate about the temp)?

But, what the others said about your resting HR. If 67-75 is truly your resting rate (as soon as you wake up in the morning, or for a close approximation after you've been relaxing for at least an hour), that is kind of high. If you've noticed your resting HR getting higher lately, that's a red flag for overtraining.

You don't have to count, just have a stopwatch or kitchen timer set for one minute (or 30 seconds and multiply by 2).

[Veronica]

When I'm really working hard, my average is in the 170s.

V.

[maillotpois]

I also don't see this as super high for a true training ride (as opposed to a recovery or endurance ride). Relatively short course, fast time, plenty of up and down in the profile. My average would be right about there and V, you and I are all about the same age (putting another nail in the 220-age formula).

Here's a way to estimate your LT and really get those zones dialed in a bit more:

http://www.ultracycling.com/training...ing_zones.html

I'd still go with true lab testing if it is available to you, but this is a good interim measure (so to speak).

[ima_bleeder]

We're roughly the same age, the same gender, and have very nearly the same resting heart rate ... and your HR profile looks very similar to many of my rides. So I don't think it looks extreme at all.

Here's the link to my motionbased HR data for a 7 1/2 hour, 50 mile MTB race. Mind you, I was PACING myself for an all day ride, and I still averaged 166, with a max HR of 187.

MHR varies significantly by individual, so don't get concerned because you don't think you represent the norm.

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

ima - that mtb profile looks insane! Wow... Fun, but insane!

All your info and shared profiles/experiences have helped me realize I'm not overtraining. My resting hr has stayed relatively the same and I just posted my 8/2 ride and saw that for a flatter ride, my avg HR was a lot lower. I even went faster (no surprise since it was flatter), but my HR was still a lot lower than my usual hilly rides. Now..if the heat weren't so blasted deadly right now.... <<sigh>>

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6414179

Thank you thank you, lady friends of TE!!!

[Chicken Little]

The heat is killing us all right now. I am on the road by 0630 or am reduced to a slobbering, beet red, salt drenched slob by 0900. I find riding in 35 degrees easier than this stuff...