kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 43)

Congratulations, Bryan!  Fantastic race.  Can't wait to read the race report.

45 minutes Z3 ride this morning, and then I'm going to hit the roads for a run later this afternoon (after my husband gets back from his weekend of drinking, golfing, and playing poker).  I think I deserve an hour on the roads to myself after this weekend spent alone with the kids - 4 kids who have colds, 3 kids who have pinkeye, 2 kids who have a cough, 1 kid who has GI distress, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Thinking of Kelly this morning!!!  

Excellent Bryan! 

Congratulations Bryan!!!! That is awesome!!! Can't wait to read your race report!

Thinking of Kelly this morning!! The weather here in NJ is overcast and mid 50's!

That is very awesome. Congrats

Decided to do the Cycling Concepts May Day Metric Century this morning.  Last second decision. It's in Glastonbury, CT. Very scenic, and loaded with hills. 5,202 feet of climbing per the Garmin.  I swear every turn had a steep climb.  At mile 47, was the worse. 15% grade (or some one said so anyway, and it was def more than the big hill near me which is 9%, so it had to be close, if not worse). I think all the hills I typically climb clearly helped today.  I was able to spin up all of them without issues.  Great views, and enormous houses.  What happened to the recession???? My house could fit inside of these houses, and it wasn't on just one road, most of them had huge hosues.

Anyway, did most of it solo unless I came up on a group and caught a free ride for a couple miles. Would def do it again.

Ok, well after a couple of weeks rest and recovery its time for me to get back into some proper work. I've got 30 weeks until my next target race, so with that much time available I want to give HR training (especially the run) a try. I understand the principle of doing most workouts in Zone 2, but my question is what should I use for my zones. 

Last week I re did my LT test on the bike, (My LT raised from 152 -160, so I guess that means I'm getting fitter) But I don't want to do an all out 30 minute run. (I've been struggling with a calf injury for a long time, it seems to be right, but dont want to risk re injuring it) So what should I use as my zones for running? 

220-age gives: 

But that gives a Z2 lower than what my LT test says it s for cycling:

From what I know the run zones should be about 10-15bmp higher than the bike ones? Should I just use the bike zones for both now? 

That's fast - nice!

I'm no expert, and I think to really be accurate you need to do the run test but...I understand not wanting to re-injure yourself.  Kelly has said that "most" people are about 10 beats higher on the run, so add 10 to your bike and start with that.  But, try to test at some point to confirm.

Yes, I definitely intend to do a run LT test at some stage, when I have the confidence too. For now tho I'm just looking for something close enough, to get be in the right ballpark at least. 

I had a thought on my run this afternoon, should I take my average heart rate from my run in my last race. It was a 54 minute run, so quite a bit longer than necessary, but the average was 166bpm, 6 higher than my bike LT test. 

1:15 ZR on trainer followed by a 30' ZR run.  Normally I wouldn't brick these workouts but it was a must today due to lack of time.  I'm struggling with some piriformis issues and sciatica on my right side (I was plagued with this last year).  I need to get my tennis ball back out and start working on that glute!!!

Anyone heard from Kelly? 

That's fantastic, Michele!  Very fast!!

Andrew - that's probably a safe place to start.  When I first started training by HR I did a 10k and took the last 30 minutes avg HR.  It ended up being pretty close (within 1 or 2 beats) to my field test results.

Where's Kelly?  Wondering how her race was yesterday.

I'm thinking of going for a recovery swim at the lake after work.  Then do my scheduled easy ZR run while my husband bikes.  Hope I can get out of work at a decent time.

Happy Monday!

Kelly DNF'd her race yesterday.  She came out of the water completely pissed about people cutting the course and, while she was on the bike, had issues with breathing.  She said that, in order to hit her Z1 power/pace numbers, she was sitting in Z2/Z3 HR zones. 

Stress (work, training, me) has completely pancaked her and she decided to pull out after the first loop of the bike.  Better to pack it in and save it for another day.

Yeah, what's with people???  That would send my HR sky high, I'd be fuming!  Sorry to hear that, but probably a smart decision.

Weather now calls for 40% chance of rain tonight.  Might not get a lake swim or outside run in tonight. =(