Heart rate and long rides
04-01-19, 10:38 PM
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No, I start all my rides at the house and then go through the backroads of southeast King County, especially the areas around Kangley, Kanaskat and Cumberland. The topography and distance is equivalent to the Enumclaw-Wildwood stretch of RAMROD, and I figure if I get my time down on that, that'll be a time bonus there. If I drove to a start line in the middle of the week, I'd lose half of my available time to driving.
A couple of years ago I drove my car to Grove of the Patriarchs to practice Cayuse Pass in advance and found that it's really quite easy... when you haven't ridden 100 miles first. So I'm more interested in overall nutrition and pacing than I am at hill training. That way I don't show up at the foot of Cayuse half-dead (or so far behind schedule that the ARES guys are trying to sweep me).
A couple of years ago I drove my car to Grove of the Patriarchs to practice Cayuse Pass in advance and found that it's really quite easy... when you haven't ridden 100 miles first. So I'm more interested in overall nutrition and pacing than I am at hill training. That way I don't show up at the foot of Cayuse half-dead (or so far behind schedule that the ARES guys are trying to sweep me).
It's focused on the Death Ride, and RR is lots easier, but it's an interesting read. I'm trying his method this year, training using total weekly ascent as a metric. I'm at 5000' this week, 6250' next week (I hope).
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04-03-19, 02:00 PM
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in my head now --- Lol!
