ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] heart rates

[endurance] heart rates

Stacy A Berger (Stacy_A_Berger@ccm.sc.intel.com)
Mon, 01 Apr 96 10:43:00 PST

Well at the convention this year I finally decided to buy
a new toy - a heart rate monitor. I have been endurance riding
for 9 years, and never had one of these, so I am trying to figure
out what this new information means.

Yesterday, Helen Harvey and I rode at Coe Park in Gilroy. It was
fabulously beatiful. It was clear enough in the central valley to see
across to the Sierra's.

Anyways, we trotted up a fairly long hill - about 2000 - 2200 ft climb
over approx 2-3 miles. Porter's heart rate was a steady 110 the whole
way up. When we slowed from a trot to a walk, his heart rate jumped
up to 140, then slowly came down to 80 or so over a few minutes. Is
this normal? I would think his heart rate would come down when we
slowed rather than spike up.

I look forward to everyone comments.

Stacy Berger-Olsen
Morgan Hill, CA