Heart health on long rides
I have just completed an 600 km this weekend, the coast to coast 600 in Ireland. An amazing route however there was a fatality near the end of the event when one of the guys had a massive heart attack.
He was very fit and had previously completed other long distance events.
I know that this sort of thing uncommon but it has got me thinking about my own health.
After long distance cycles, say over 300km, my heart beat is higher than normal and beats a little harder. It takes about a day to get back to normal.
I have always put this down as "normal" but after being so close to this tragedy it has got me thinking.
So basically I'm just wondering do you guys feel the same after a big event? What is your average heartbeat on a long ride? Mine was 136 for the 600km and I'm wondering if that's a bit high?