ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] HRM!!!!

[endurance] HRM!!!!

Tina Hicks (hickst@puzzler.nichols.com)
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:24:15 -0500

I GOT MY HRM!!!! Actually, I got it Thursday - *2* days after I ordered it
from Running Bear Farms!!!! I used it this weekend - really interesting to
be able to see the heart rate on hills and such. I think I check it about
every 4 strides <vbg>.

I know that to be an effective tool, I need to determine some baselines and
then map out a plan, so to speak, to improve conditioning from there. I
know just enough about interval training, tho, to be dangerous. I mean, I
know there's a lot more to it than go fast for 3 minutes, go slow for one
minute, repeat :->>.

Can any of you recommend some good reading material on this subject as it
applies to distance work?

What other kinds of plans (if any) have any of you worked out using your
HRM and tracking heart rates/recoveries? Do most of you keep a log from
each ride with rates/recoveries/terrain in it?

Now that I have this great tool, I'd really like to learn how to use it the
best advantage possible - thanks early for any input.

Tina and crew
hickst@nichols.com
Huntsville, AL