Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Did you really hit 199 bpm on that ride? If you look at the graph, do you have one thin line standing up like a sky scraper, or is that the peak of a mountain?
I think the first step if you want to ride smarter using all your data is to ride as normal for a couple weeks and just collect data. Get a baseline, see what stands out as meaningful to you.
Assuming you upload your data to Garmin Connect, pull up one of your rides, expand the speed graph, overlay elevation, and overlay HR too. See the relationship.
After that, figure out your heart rate zones (try to find your actual max, the formula is clearly wrong for you), and spend most of your time in zone 2.
Max HR was at the end of a climb. Didn't last long.
This Garmin thing is awesome. I continue to find new things it does. Unfortunately something tells me after I get the hang of this and figure out how to use it to improve, I will be "upgrading" to a newer bigger better badder model soon...