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Old 08-26-15 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
I'm going to take a wild guess that your MHR is higher than you think it is. Zone 5 is not something you an sustain for long, or without significant cost.
I didn't say I could sustain Z5 at 90 cadence for a long time, just that I could do it at all. I've usually been able to sustain Z5 for 5-10 minutes but at a much lower cadence. Actually I've been putting in 159 as my MHR even though I haven't seen over 156 for a long time. I've been using 143 as my LTHR, but that's probably technically too high: I don't think I could sustain that for an hour, maybe only 20 minutes. I do Z5 intervals at ~146 which I can hold for ~8 minutes in a set, longer if I only do one.
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