umd

It all uses the same data and has the same issues. The problem is that unless you are looking at a pure climb, there is no "right answer"

umd

Similar ride as yesterday but with some intervals
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30058203

Edit: Interesting that most of the sprints got smoothed over on the power graph but you can see the HR spikes.

mattm

Actually Google has had their own elevation data (certainly based on USGS/others, but probably corrected & smoothed), which they recently released to the public for websites to use.

https://veloroutes.org now uses Google's elevation data source instead of the USGS data, fwiw.

Pilsley

Last nights "Spikefest" crit.

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30090661

n0vyy

Today https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30170962 pretty good head wind going out. On the greenway.

Glidedon

I'm glad you're still alive

umd

Crit practice yesterday
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30178697

And ride through the foothills with jmechy this evening
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30178685

Caad 8

Intervals https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30166483

Glidedon

[QUOTE=umd;10678583]Crit practice yesterday
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30178697

That's impressive.

Do all crits run clockwise?

Glidedon

:-)

umd

Almost all of the crits I have done run clockwise, but I can think of at least one that runs counter.

This was just a practice crit, not a real race, and we were on open roads, so it had to run clockwise.

Also that meant that it was all categories mixed together, and it included about 15 minutes of warmup which you can probably see in the data.

Copperhed51

Yesterday's ride for me. The day before I felt fantastic on basically the same route but this ride was awful. I just had no energy and no legs. Did a bike/run brick for my tri training the day before but that shouldn't have taken that much out of me. Just amazes me how different I can feel on the bike from one day to the next. Oh well, I think today is a rest day or swim day and then back on the bike Saturday morning. Worried I'm going to burn myself out if I'm not careful.

umd

Here is a video from that crit. Skip ahead to about 6:30.

Copperhed51

Enjoying the vids umd. Are you using the VoldR ContourHD helmet cam? Once I finally get all my stuff for my tri, that is up there on my list of stuff to buy. I've mounted a camera on my handlebars but it just vibrated too much and the quality wasn't that great. Oh well, keep em coming.

sygyzy

That foothills ride looks SO tough. Also, I saw your videos on Vimeo. Poor Ben. I would definitely get yelled at on your rides, I'm sure.

JoeOxfordCT

Last Saturdays B ride, 47 miles...which I rode to & from from my house....
Lots o' climbing, I was definitely dangling off the back in spots....

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/29581039

MacDaNife

Actually, thanks to the volcano in Iceland, I'm now stuck in New York until next Tuesday. No bike though so no ride :-(

Yaniel

awesome video, you're a beast. It also shows exactly what you were saying earlier about heart rate. You were at about 185 BPM in lap 25 and said your heart rate was through the roof. When my heart rate is at 185, I consider that an easy lap and I'm recovering for my next effort. Sometimes I feel bad for my heart, I hope it doesn't explode on me one day. What is your resting heart rate?

Copperhed51

yeah, through the roof for me is anywhere in the mid to upper 190's. Maxed out last year at 210bpm but have barely cracked 200 so far this year. Not sure if I've really lost 10bpm off my max over the winter or if my body is still just adjusting to these hard efforts and the 10 beats will come back as the season goes on and the heat goes up. 185 would be a moderately hard lap for me...and a much slower lap than umd's for sure.

umd

If I am well rested, my resting HR is high 30s to low 40s. My max, the highest I have ever seen on a ride is 192. I rarely get close to or over 190 and that doesn't last for long, but if I am sufficiently motivated and rested, I have held mid-180s for 10-15 minutes.

For example, this was a time trial I did for a stage race in February
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30347684

Anyway, here is today's ride. It was a group ride around Lake Casitas. There is a climb (two actually) to Casitas Pass, and a lot of people turn aruond and head home from the top. A small group of us continued around.
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30345008

Caad 8

Here's my ride! https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30355123

At the start my hr goes up to 215, just ignore that.

learnmedia

Today's solo up and back on the SART in SoCal. Gradual downhill with a moderate tailwind during the first half of the ride. Gradual uphill into headwind on the way back.

chefxian

Here is my fat ass today.

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30331468

Pilsley

Well,

As it was Salt Lakes Marathon day today & I was not running this year, thought I would try one of the local bike marathons - 5 canyons challenge. failed miserably! Stopped for too long at mile 50 to pick up next weeks race package & felt like poop from there on out. I'll give it a shot again in a couple of weeks.

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/30358503

Pilsley

Nice ride umd.

Minimum elevation of -44. you guys ride your bikes off the end of the pier for a finale!?