Originally Posted by SJP
I think I've read something on this before but will ask again. What is the highest Heart rate you guy's have reached on a ride?
I hit 225 the other day when my max should be 185. It was after a 90km ride and I did a short sprint finish from Bay street to North Road into a headwind last Sat Morning.
196 is my highest, recorded as I crossed the line for my first ever race win in a crit a few weeks ago. At 39 my theoretical HRmax is about 185 too, but I do 10min climbs at 187 then the boss calls for 190 near the top!
As for 225, you might wanna validate that. If you can download the data and graph it you will see one of two things:
* a vertical line at the point where your HR reaches 225, indicating HRM malfunction
* a non-vertical line increasing rapidly to 225, indicating the need to see a cardio specialist sometime soon
There's a bit of info amongst the crap at
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=98578, more at the Polar site
http://support.polar.fi/PKBSupport.n...1?OpenDocument