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tug benson

tug benson

Survived the Tour O the borders 2013
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Alloa
Nope but i did empty all the water over my head...it was some sight all the cyclist doing the last climb while all the tourist traffic struggled to get by them...
 
Angus444

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.........and for the masochists out there......you have the chance to climb the 'Gorm again next week.......^_^

Go on! You know you want to..........

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tug benson

tug benson

Survived the Tour O the borders 2013
Location
Alloa
I think with this sportive we got lucky with the weather, had a bad head wind on the 10 miles before we turned left on to the Cairngorm climb but other than that we head a good tail wind up the climbs and the sun was out...But i tell you what i would hate to do this route in the wet...it would be a DNF for me


Also the doing the Lecht then the Cairngorm ski station climb is the first time in ages when i though am going to have to stop here, i managed to grind it out and get to the top without stopping but it as so hard to keep going, i was feling sick and dizzy going up the Lecht, its the first time i have actually though am going to have a heart attack on the bike
 
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tug benson said:
I think with this sportive we got lucky with the weather, had a bad head wind on the 10 miles before we turned left on to the Cairngorm climb but other than that we head a good tail wind up the climbs and the sun was out...But i tell you what i would hate to do this route in the wet...it would be a DNF for me
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I had my warm (and reasonably waterproof) jacket with me, so i would have probably made it, but I would have been hating it, severely.

Also the doing the Lecht then the Cairngorm ski station climb is the first time in ages when i though am going to have to stop here, i managed to grind it out and get to the top without stopping but it as so hard to keep going, i was feling sick and dizzy going up the Lecht, its the first time i have actually though am going to have a heart attack on the bike
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Do you use a HRM?
 
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tug benson

tug benson

Survived the Tour O the borders 2013
Location
Alloa
Aye i have a HRM..Don't pay much attention to it, only really look at it when i get home..i'd rather drop dead than see a few wee numbers on my garmin creeping up then dropping dead..
 
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Just curious as to what your max/avg was during the ride.

All my cycling friends seem to have higher max HR than me, but I don't know if that's a good thing or not.

I seem to get into 160bpm quite easily but never really exceed 180bpm either.
 
Waspie

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Just curious as to what your max/avg was during the ride.

All my cycling friends seem to have higher max HR than me, but I don't know if that's a good thing or not.

I seem to get into 160bpm quite easily but never really exceed 180bpm either.
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As far as I understand it max heart rate is a very personal thing, I don't think it's necessarily a good or a bad thing. The 220 minus your age formula is a load of nonsense though, if that was accurate I would have keeled over on the first hill coming out of Pitlochry on Sunday. Although I think your max heart rate is meant to decline as you get older.

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