Originally Posted by
denvertrout
The hardest part when I switched was staying in zone 2. That meant downshifting for every single hill, it was more mental than physical.
I know this sounds like a real noob question, but it's rarely ever explained by coaches or in articles: is spiking outside the zone you're intending to train for negating your ride/results, or is the goal simply to average/spend most of your time in that given zone? No matter how easy I take it, with hills, with wind, my HR spikes up to zones 3-5 regularly. My only option to actually STAY in Z2 for 2-3 hours would be to ride laps in a flat parking lot for 2-3 hours.