HR advice, please

[Certifried]

[TABLE=”class: chart”]
[TR]
[TD]0-88[/TD]
[TD]0:00[/TD]
[TD]0%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]88-117[/TD]
[TD]0:00[/TD]
[TD]0%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]117-131[/TD]
[TD]0:12[/TD]
[TD]0%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: z4″]
[TD]131-145[/TD]
[TD]15:14[/TD]
[TD]17%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: z5″]
[TD]145+[/TD]
[TD]1:12:14[/TD]
[TD]82%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

EDIT
oops!! The default max HR was wrong, sorry, disregard.
this looks better

[TABLE=”class: chart”]
[TR]
[TD]0-103[/TD]
[TD]0:00[/TD]
[TD]0%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]103-137[/TD]
[TD]3:19[/TD]
[TD]4%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]137-154[/TD]
[TD]1:05:53[/TD]
[TD]75%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: z4″]
[TD]154-170[/TD]
[TD]18:28[/TD]
[TD]21%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: z5″]
[TD]170+[/TD]
[TD]0:00[/TD]
[TD]0%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

this just doesn’t seem right to me. Is my fitness level just too damn low? I shouldn’t be at 145+ 82% of the time for a 20 mile ride, right?

http://app.strava.com/rides/20215886

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[vvill]

@Certifried 30271 wrote:

Saw this comment on the link for the Strava HR issue. LOL

Strava Suffer score is “TRIMP”, which is based on TSS:

http://djconnel.blogspot.com/2011/08/strava-suffer-score-decoded.html

One of these days I’ll play with the Strava API (I think there’s one) and do some of my own metrics.

@TwoWheelsDC 31845 wrote:

I just picked up a Garmin 800 (wife wanted a Garmin too, so I gave her my 200 and upgraded ) and now that I have a unit that’ll link up with a HRM (I got the standalone unit, not the bundle)

Sweeeet!

[vvill]

Oh and as for the real question about training etc, I don’t know. I’m sort of in the same boat re: not wanting to do intervals/structured training/stop eating pizza etc. but wanting to ride better. But I think I’ve sort of exhausted what I know/can do on commutes without reading up more on it. Boo. Effort.

I would say, very generally, based on my limited (in)experience/(un-)knowledge, that the more intensity you ride for longer the better you’ll get. But that doesn’t include building up endurance. Any rides past 60 miles are rare for me.

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