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eliwashere - 2010-04-05 10:30 AM Katie,
I think we can continue to use this group moving forward. When the next mentor thing comes around, I am going to sign up again.

By the way, I was thinking about your question about your HR.
1. How did you determine your HR zones?
VO2 max testing at a gym (with the attractive mask).  This past time I did the test on a spin bike and then they added an arbitrary number to approximate my running HR zones
2. How long are you in Z3? If you spend most of your time in Z2, you are still OK.
I'm still spending most of the time in Z3.  I can keep it in Z2 on a flat route with my HR alarm set to remind me to back off but I turn off the alarm on my normal routes, which are hilly, because it gets ANNOYING and I may not have people to ride with for much longer if I don't
3. How long are the rides? Over a  certain amount of time, your HR will go up, it is called cardiac creep.
Ah yes, I forgot about that.  My longest rides have been around 3 hrs.  It is hard to observe a linear trend on a hilly route.  I actually start to set off my HR alarm pretty quickly so, for now, I think it is still the issue of training myself to stay in that zone and not so much the creep.