Originally Posted by
Dudelsack
I hit my max today, 167. I don't like doing that. It felt like death. I used it as an excuse to dismount and walk up a hill.
Was it OK for me to say that? I didn't discourage anyone here, did I?
Dudelsack, how do you know that was your max? Seems to me that the max is very hard to experience and requires a sustained extreme effort? I don't know what I'd have to go through to convince myself I saw my max hr, but I don't think it would be pleasant. I do know that on some of our steeper hills I can run up to the 160's, and I tend to back off at that point - granny gears @50 rpm or so.
I'm not a doctor, but it seems to me that if it feels that bad, it's Not Recommended.