I have only been training for about 5 weeks now... For the past 4 days, however, I've been waiting to get a replacement wheel since my back wheel got bent up in a race.I have not been able to bike, since I don't have a spare wheel.
However, I set up an old comfort bike on the trainer and rode for an hour. The first thing I noticed was that it was very hard to get my heart rate past 115. Usually my avg heart rate on training rides is 150. My legs were dog-tired, but my heart rate was only 115! So I kicked it up a bit and finally in the last 30 minutes I heart rate got up to the mid 140s. But this was about as high as it was going to go without REALLY REALLY cranking. I was in the mid 140s HR and I was begging myself to stop, it felt like I was in a time trial or something, it was very hard effort. But my HR was only 140.
Is this because I could have lost so much fitness in just 4 days off the bike, or because it is different riding on a trainer?
Thanks.
However, I set up an old comfort bike on the trainer and rode for an hour. The first thing I noticed was that it was very hard to get my heart rate past 115. Usually my avg heart rate on training rides is 150. My legs were dog-tired, but my heart rate was only 115! So I kicked it up a bit and finally in the last 30 minutes I heart rate got up to the mid 140s. But this was about as high as it was going to go without REALLY REALLY cranking. I was in the mid 140s HR and I was begging myself to stop, it felt like I was in a time trial or something, it was very hard effort. But my HR was only 140.
Is this because I could have lost so much fitness in just 4 days off the bike, or because it is different riding on a trainer?
Thanks.