Rolled up for my second meet of the New Year, temp was still a warm. My legs felt quite heavy and lethargic while rolling around for a look/warmup. Had already paid my cash though, so no point in not going for a few laps at least.
Sat between the middle and back of the pack for much of the race (I actually remembered to set the lap timer this week!) and at the 15 min mark felt not too bad. I'm beginning to think I should try to stay closer to front of the pack and try and avoid some of the yoyo-ing that goes on around the corners/hills.
With a couple of laps to go I ended up on the front coming up the hill toward the finish line and sat up a little, however someone decided to give me an encouraging push around the back end to keep me in the front. Fair enough I thought, if you want me here, i'll go at my pace and managed to actually get a bit of a breather there.
By the time the bell lap sounded, I was feeling pretty wrecked, but was managing to hang on the back of a pack of about 12-15 riders, and pretty much stuck there until the hairpin. Rounded that, and decided F_ckit .. i cant win from here, might as well punch hard and see how close i can get.
Sprinted up the hill going hell for leather, passed about 5 or 6 riders, and finished at about 5th place. Glanced down at the HRM and its showing 195. Somehow rolled around to the gate and got off the bike without falling off, sat down and started to re-hydrate and recover. While sitting there, figured out now I knew what maximal effort was
. Also came away with a new figure in mind for what my MaxHR might be, and with a few ideas for what to try/do differently next week.
Stopped the lap somewhere near the gate .. but details as follows..
Timed: 30mins
Dist: 18.27 kms
Ave Spd: 35.4
Ave Cadence: 100
Ave HR: 176
Max HR: 197
(In case you didnt guess, the polar is a new toy for me, and im enjoying playing with it)
Ash
Sat between the middle and back of the pack for much of the race (I actually remembered to set the lap timer this week!) and at the 15 min mark felt not too bad. I'm beginning to think I should try to stay closer to front of the pack and try and avoid some of the yoyo-ing that goes on around the corners/hills.
With a couple of laps to go I ended up on the front coming up the hill toward the finish line and sat up a little, however someone decided to give me an encouraging push around the back end to keep me in the front. Fair enough I thought, if you want me here, i'll go at my pace and managed to actually get a bit of a breather there.
By the time the bell lap sounded, I was feeling pretty wrecked, but was managing to hang on the back of a pack of about 12-15 riders, and pretty much stuck there until the hairpin. Rounded that, and decided F_ckit .. i cant win from here, might as well punch hard and see how close i can get.
Sprinted up the hill going hell for leather, passed about 5 or 6 riders, and finished at about 5th place. Glanced down at the HRM and its showing 195. Somehow rolled around to the gate and got off the bike without falling off, sat down and started to re-hydrate and recover. While sitting there, figured out now I knew what maximal effort was
. Also came away with a new figure in mind for what my MaxHR might be, and with a few ideas for what to try/do differently next week.Stopped the lap somewhere near the gate .. but details as follows..
Timed: 30mins
Dist: 18.27 kms
Ave Spd: 35.4
Ave Cadence: 100
Ave HR: 176
Max HR: 197
(In case you didnt guess, the polar is a new toy for me, and im enjoying playing with it
)Ash
