This whole heartrate/overtraining thing has been stressful. So yesterday, with pent up frustration, I went out for a short, but hard ride. I wanted to see exactly what my maximum heartrate is right so I headed up Las Canoas Road which has a nice 11-12% section. I pushed, my heartrate responded so I pushed harder and it kept climbing. By the top of this climb which usually kicks my butt, I was out of the saddle, third gear, in a full sprint! And my heartrate is fine. My heartrate monitor is fine. I max'ed out at 192 bpm, which is exactly where is was 3 months ago. The only thing that is different is I'm fit. I'm in shape. Thus my body doesn't have to work as hard for the same output. I'm chalking this up to operator error. Stupid operator.
-PW
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