Hillingdon E123 31st Jan

[-Adam-]

So you didn't max your HR in the sprint?

[Sylv]

No i saw you dominating so freewheeled to the top (not really). 173 there

[-Adam-]

173 is pretty low still if your max is 191 and you were going flat out. Just asking because your average HRs seemed quite low. Do you often not get within 10-15 beats of your max when pushing hard in the winter? I was only about 5-8bpm off my proper max on Saturday.

[Sylv]

I know what you mean, I don't really know why. As I said there were a few moments when I was going flat out on the back straight, but only reached 177. The 191 was not that long ago either, maybe a month ago on the clubrun. I think it was more in terms of power than cardio that I was reaching the limit - the speeds were quite high down there without the Southern wind for once. Realised I had a puncture in my tub just before the start, so swapped to my spare wheel which had a 11-23 instead of a 12-25, I think I made full use of that bottom gear!

[Sylv]

[quote="-Adam-"]Actually I just thought...

Angus' bike, he who won... Cervelo Soloist SLC SL, Campag Record & Lightweights... Bet that weighs less than 6.8kg! TUT TUT

Should be disqualified...

[-Adam-]

Look at it!

Bet that's one of those stupid weight weenie saddles too!!

[Paul H]

He's a city guy like Marek and this is another example of where our money has gone.

[-Adam-]

[quote="Paul H"]He's a city guy like Marek and this is another example of where our money has gone.

[Sylv]

1st - Angus Macalister - Norwood Paragon CC - 3
2nd - Chris Moores - Norwood Paragon CC - E
3rd - Toby Meadows - Team Corridori - 1
4th - Joshua Cunningham - In Gear Development Squad/OneLife - 2
5th - Al Murison - Glenedene CC - 2J
6th - Adam Cotterell - In Gear Development Squad/OneLife - 1
7th - Vince Halpern - AW Cycles.Co.uk - 1
8th - Rob Fletcher - Anders Electronics/TMG Horizon RT - 2
9th - James Jones - Didcot Phoenix - 3
10th - Russell Rowles - Spirit - 2
11th - James Lowden - Lewes Wanderers - 4
12th - Steve Legg - RT316-Crown Lifts/AlarmComms - 1
13th - Paul Alderson - South Western RC - 2
14th - Conor Dunne - Hemel Hempstead - J3
15th - Sylvain Garde - Addiscombe CC - 3
16th - Nat Spurling - Finsbury Park - 2
17th - Paul Elcock - Reading CC - 3
18th - Jerzy Kuzminski - private member - 3
19th - Evangelos Christides - Hernes - Greece (UCI licence) - 3
20th - Max Webber - Behind the Bike Shed - 3J
21st - Kieran Dineen - Amersham RCC - 3
22nd - Phil Sheehan - Finchley RT - 2
23rd - Felix English - Team Corridori - 2J
24th - Ian Lowe - Thames Velo - 3
25th - Sam Grant - Beyond Mountain Bikes - 2J
25th - Joshua Worrall - Twickenham CC - 3
27th - Dave Hutchison - VC St Raphael - 1
28th - Michael Hill - Team Quest - 2
29th - Matthew Carden - Team Quest - 1
30th - Ralph Keeler - Cambridge CC - 3
31st - Adam Currie - Kingston Whelers - 3
32nd - Richard Moss - Beyond Mountain Bikes - 3
33rd - Mark Baxter - WDMBC - 3J
34th - Michael Blann - Sigma Sport - 3
35th - Sam Allen - AW Cycles.Co.uk - 2
36th - Rudie Marais - Worcester Wheelers - 2
37th - Mark Jervis - Python RT - 2
38th - Jo Skelton - private member - 2
39th - Geoff Powell - High Wycombe CC - 3
40th - - -
41st - Martin Docker - www.agiskoviner.com - 3
42nd - Andy Lack - Kingston Wheelers CC - 3
43rd - Dave Woods - CC Luton - 3
44th - Wayne Thomas - Reading CC - 3
45th - Robert Moore - London Phoenix CC - 3
46th - James Stuart - Norwood Paragon CC - 3
47th - Richard Black - Dulwich Paragon CC - 3
48th - Nick Franzini - London Dynamo/Cyclefit - 3
49th - Daniel Royle - Kingston Wheelers CC - 3

[Michelle]

Excellent - you got points then Sylv, that dog-out-of-car-window-tongue-out-ears-pinned-back look was not for nothing, eh!

It' weird about your HR though. Mine has been going quite high - about 4 bpm higher than usual. Don't understand it, why it is so low.



Well done, by the way

[Sylv]

Ok since Toks has also noticed the posts about HR, why not open this to discussion.

So I've done 191 on the clubrun recently, going flat out probably on a climb just to get to the top first;

Don't think I've gone much more than 177 on the turbo yet even in 2" max efforts though;

Only have the data from last week's Hillingdon in terms of racing, I remember averaging 174 for an hour in a cross race last autumn though;

Paul's 1/2h power sessions are done at +/- 165 bpm yet he produces significant wattage.

The sprint at Hillingdon, I don't recall it being an absolute max effort for me, a few people in the way, I thought I was only 3-4 places behind Adam, but ended up being 9 places.

I guess it all depends where you are and what you are doing in a road race. Would be interesting knowing Macalister's average and max HR ... seems he was a bit knackered the following day. I was fine

Maybe next time I'll use the Powertap too

[Sylv]

One thing I know too, is that my wattage at lower HR has increased significantly since doing the LBP -20 riding- I can have a very decent ride @ 130 bpm now, whereas at the beginning it was pretty boring.

[Toks]

[quote="Sylv"]One thing I know too, is that my wattage at lower HR has increased significantly since doing the LBP -20 riding- I can have a very decent ride @ 130 bpm now, whereas at the beginning it was pretty boring.

[Sylv]

Yep - I had been doing lots more racing in the spring/summer prior to starting LBP in september, than at the moment.

[Andrew G]

That's a lot of expense to go to for an uber lightweight bike, and then stick a 750ml bottle on it .