Wednesday Night Race

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

When the road goes up I fall back. If I was a pro I would have loaded up on the spring classics and stayed away from the grand tours. Maybe because I'm an old fart but I try to keep my HR in the 150's on the flats, push it into the 160's when climbing, once in a great while bump it into the 170's and if I ever hit 180 you better call an ambulance.

I go from low 40s to low 200s. But usually if I'm hovering above 180, I fall back quickly. It seems for my age that 160s or low 170s is an efficient long term maximum and I can go all day at 150.

One day when it was 120, we were climbing and I noticed my heartrate hit 205 and thought, "I wonder if this is healthy."