What's my HR doing up there???
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 2:19 pm
Hello -
I have an iBike iAero Pro Gen-III. Normally on any given ride, I have a max HR of 170 - I've used this for years as my theoretic max. It never goes above this - I know because I know where I put a max effort in on a ride. Again, it's been this for I-don't-know-how-long. Except for this past Monday...
I did a 28 mile ride with a few friends. From 1:40 through 6:30, I'm at 190 (one hundred ninety) bpm!!! This is on a good sized hill followed by 2-3 rollers at the beginning of the route. Well, I'm in shock. There are periods of 10-20 seconds in that span where I'm at or over 200. This can't be - iBike's gotta be giving me false data. Yet, when I look at the pattern just before and just after, the HR gently ramps up/down. After 6:30, (the hill and rollers are behind me) it tails off and I'm at my normal 120-140 for the rest of this ride through normal exertion.
I'm thinking this is definitely some sort of abberation. I came back from Fla after 3 months of riding but then I did go in the tank for about 5 weeks just before this to clear my head and get my mind around cycling again. I call this the "deep blue funk" and it's probably burn-out. Anyway, I'm interested in people's/expert's reaction to this off-the-chart HR reading. I'm 65 years old and 215 lbs at 6'1".
H
I have an iBike iAero Pro Gen-III. Normally on any given ride, I have a max HR of 170 - I've used this for years as my theoretic max. It never goes above this - I know because I know where I put a max effort in on a ride. Again, it's been this for I-don't-know-how-long. Except for this past Monday...
I did a 28 mile ride with a few friends. From 1:40 through 6:30, I'm at 190 (one hundred ninety) bpm!!! This is on a good sized hill followed by 2-3 rollers at the beginning of the route. Well, I'm in shock. There are periods of 10-20 seconds in that span where I'm at or over 200. This can't be - iBike's gotta be giving me false data. Yet, when I look at the pattern just before and just after, the HR gently ramps up/down. After 6:30, (the hill and rollers are behind me) it tails off and I'm at my normal 120-140 for the rest of this ride through normal exertion.
I'm thinking this is definitely some sort of abberation. I came back from Fla after 3 months of riding but then I did go in the tank for about 5 weeks just before this to clear my head and get my mind around cycling again. I call this the "deep blue funk" and it's probably burn-out. Anyway, I'm interested in people's/expert's reaction to this off-the-chart HR reading. I'm 65 years old and 215 lbs at 6'1".
H