Circuit race
Mar. 6th, 2005 07:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ninevirtuesIn today's circuit race, I:
- Kept my heart rate pretty much at or above 175
- Got dropped, but did not get lapped
- Arrived in time to get a two-lap warmup in
- Won the cat 4 women's race, competing against the same other woman who was there yesterday.
Not bad.
After the race, a couple of the more knowledgeable guys gave me a great hint, which was: When going up the hill repeatedly, don't drop to a higher gear and kill your legs. Spin up the hill the first few times. Save the leg-muscle-mangling low-gear activity for later in the race, when you might need it to fend someone off.
Good tip. Accordingly, here are my new goals:
- Hill workout on Tuesday.
- Lactate threshold intervals on Thursday.
- Race on Sunday.
(a) Arrive by 8:15, which means leaving the house at 7 AM
(b) spin the hill the first few times
(c) Keep a high heart rate and a positive attitude the whole time.
- Kept my heart rate pretty much at or above 175
- Got dropped, but did not get lapped
- Arrived in time to get a two-lap warmup in
- Won the cat 4 women's race, competing against the same other woman who was there yesterday.
Not bad.
After the race, a couple of the more knowledgeable guys gave me a great hint, which was: When going up the hill repeatedly, don't drop to a higher gear and kill your legs. Spin up the hill the first few times. Save the leg-muscle-mangling low-gear activity for later in the race, when you might need it to fend someone off.
Good tip. Accordingly, here are my new goals:
- Hill workout on Tuesday.
- Lactate threshold intervals on Thursday.
- Race on Sunday.
(a) Arrive by 8:15, which means leaving the house at 7 AM
(b) spin the hill the first few times
(c) Keep a high heart rate and a positive attitude the whole time.
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Date: 2005-03-06 07:19 pm (UTC)Yay Gail!
Date: 2005-03-07 09:58 am (UTC)Mind telling me more about your working heart rate zones and how you determined them? I have little experience in the sustained high end aerobic world...