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General Category => Chain Gang => Topic started by: Davey C on May 06, 2014, 11:32:37 AM

Title: Chaingang #10 6 May
Post by: Davey C on May 06, 2014, 11:32:37 AM

7pm!!

Title: Re: Chaingang #10 6 May
Post by: Steven on May 06, 2014, 11:51:20 AM

Thanks for getting the ball rolling.  Let's get some of you lapsed winter riders back to set off a number of ability groups...

Title: Re: Chaingang #10 6 May
Post by: Steven on May 06, 2014, 08:44:23 PM

Good turnout tonight, dry and cold weather with  a strong wind down the dual.  It's always the tailwind leg thats the killer and it became a war of attrition, with riders dropped on every lap. Short 52 for me, despite 2 laps on my own...

Title: Re: Chaingang #10 6 May
Post by: Davey C on May 06, 2014, 09:32:08 PM

Tough night ! Racing winning break went on lap 4 and worked well together to record a '48'

Title: Re: Chaingang #10 6 May
Post by: xrayspecs on May 07, 2014, 06:25:48 PM

I'll try and post my stats if I can. Possibly my most brutal chain gang ever, 4+ laps in zone 5, running about 177-183 for 25 - 30 minutes (my max HR is 191).
Ouch!

Title: Re: Chaingang #10 6 May
Post by: Rob Jones on May 07, 2014, 07:11:18 PM

That's about where it should be Chris, you're riding at your threshold.  You should aim for the same ave HR in the midweek 10 (177-183). Spend the 1st 5 miles below it and the 2nd 5 miles above it, with actual HR increasing all the while. Try to finish on 191bpm and you'll have done about the best you are capable of on any given day.