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    From =?UTF-8?B?Y3ljbGludG9t?=@cyclintom@yahoo.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Tue Sep 23 18:59:51 2025
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    I did the "short" Cull Canyon ride which is 26 miles.The Saturday and Sunday rides have a strong effect on me and while early in the ride at stop signs mu heart rate would drop right down, After getting to the top of Cull Canyon and starting down again, my heart rate simply does not drop much. Not that it is high to begin with (68% of Max) But I am going downhill and I would expect it to drop back to 58% or so of max.
    Riding up to my house without taking Fairmont Hill my average was 117. I thought that I got good sleep last night but perhaps I didn't. Average speed was also low at 10.8 which is a little above expected but a lot lower than the flat weekend rides.
    And sitting here entering this I am still tired. Tomorrow it is supposed to rain so I can rest completely before the Thursday ride.
    I don't much care about this getting older crap. Three years ago, just like thowing a switch, I went from pretty fast to instantly slow. I don't think this was because of my training courses but perhaps it was. But whatever it was I went 8,000 miles a year to 4,500 and from a million feet of climbing to only 65,000 so far this year with probably another 20,000 or 30,000 if weather allows.
    My hill routes are back but I don't seem to have the strength to try them. Perhaps this will change.
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  • From Roger Merriman@roger@sarlet.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Wed Sep 24 12:03:54 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
    I did the "short" Cull Canyon ride which is 26 miles.The Saturday and
    Sunday rides have a strong effect on me and while early in the ride at
    stop signs mu heart rate would drop right down, After getting to the top
    of Cull Canyon and starting down again, my heart rate simply does not
    drop much. Not that it is high to begin with (68% of Max) But I am going downhill and I would expect it to drop back to 58% or so of max.

    Riding up to my house without taking Fairmont Hill my average was 117. I thought that I got good sleep last night but perhaps I didn't. Average
    speed was also low at 10.8 which is a little above expected but a lot
    lower than the flat weekend rides.

    And sitting here entering this I am still tired. Tomorrow it is supposed
    to rain so I can rest completely before the Thursday ride.

    I don't much care about this getting older crap. Three years ago, just
    like thowing a switch, I went from pretty fast to instantly slow. I don't think this was because of my training courses but perhaps it was. But whatever it was I went 8,000 miles a year to 4,500 and from a million
    feet of climbing to only 65,000 so far this year with probably another
    20,000 or 30,000 if weather allows.

    My hill routes are back but I don't seem to have the strength to try
    them. Perhaps this will change.


    Potentially are things to mitigate, the younger fitter one is the less they need to bother with correctly fuelling and hydration and having suitable gearings, the later potentially could be one older road bikes tended to
    have fairly stiff gearing, which will cause muscle fatigue, the spin to
    win, is shifting the load from the legs to the heart/lungs at a simplistic level.

    And even food most folks donrCOt drink or eat enough on the ride, I often donrCOt relying on cafe stop etc, but I certainly get less tired if I do eat
    a bar every hr, and remember to drink etc.

    Roger Merriman

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