I got a ride in this morning to my Dr.'s office. Slow thru town type ride there, twice as slow coming home because I was looking for the two bottles of pills and the tail light lens that I lost on the way there.
I talked to him about heart rates and asked if I could do the 220 minus my age thing. He pulls out a pocket calculator thing and starts punching in numbers and said "keep max rate at 130, no 125, no 120, yeah 120". I was sort of let down because I do want to start pushing up the pace with the warmer weather but I will do as he says. I asked him if I can push it up to 130 if I get in a binde on a hill or something, he said yes, that will be ok. Speaking of weather, it is beautiful here today and I am sitting here wondering why my furnace is running. I forgot I turned the thermostat up to about 68 when I caught my cold.
I think I am going to order a Garmin HRM strap, my curb store monitor seems a little off, getting three consecutive readings near the same isn't happening plus it is manual monitor. I want the continuous monitoring if I am going to have to keep it lower than I like.
I was not able to get my Dr. to take me off any medications yet but he was pleased with my blood pressure progress and weight loss, especially the rate I am losing it. He keeps stressing not to lose it too fast. I think his nurse was impressed too, it has been 3 months since my last visit. She was asking me how far do you ride? how often? She wasn't fat but could probably use a few miles on the bike to tone up some.
Of course I knew better than to say that, even with the hospital emergency room right across the street.
I will still be going after more hills, just not as aggressively as I would like. I may have to settle for more longer slower rides but I need to get a HRM strap and see how I can do with the parameters I have to work within. One more good thing. I don't have to go back to the Dr.until December.
