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Re: HEART RATE ZONE ISSUES

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AvatarLynda
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If you can average 147/150's bpm for 1 hour 6 minutes riding fast you should be able to average higher than that for an all out 20 min time trial test effort unless you are on some medication that puts a governor on your heart rate like beta blockers. Your zone  are set too low based on a threshold heart rate of 147 bpm.

Here is a Training intensity guidelines table detailing what each intensity should feel like.

I recommend getting your HR zones figured out before you use HR as a pacing tool in a race.

Here are my guidelines how to race a PR 50 miler. 

Lynda