ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] heart rates -Reply

[endurance] heart rates -Reply

Desiree Hanen (desiree.hanen@medtronic.com)
Tue, 02 Apr 1996 00:44:59 -0600

>>> Stacy A Berger <Stacy_A_Berger@ccm.sc.intel.com> 04/01/96 08:43pm >>>

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