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Old 05-20-19, 07:05 AM
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As to max heart rate, it's what you can sustain for a period of just a few seconds-- perhaps 20-30. If you're holding it any longer than that, it's not your max.

In my experience, it's all but impossible to find your max heart rate out on the road by yourself. Try to catch someone much further up a hill than you are, or get away from the dog that's faster than you.

In thousands upon thousands of miles, I had never seen my HR above 179bpm. Then trying to catch a group I hit 185bpm, and just last year trying to take back a KOM I hit 188bpm. The 220-age is a ballpark figure for most. Pretty close, but not a concrete number.

Just dug through my activities to find the max I've hit this year, 183bpm. Yeah. I remember that day.
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