60r20 - 17k - if at first you don't succeed - Irish Record 40-49H Hour

So got in early this morning and intended on cranking out a 17k hour – (1:45.8 pace) as my legs where feeling a little heavy I decided to go r24 (I was thinking about doing it r20 originally – I have done a sub 1:45 pace r20 17k in my youth – well last year I think lol *update just found it - 2nd July 2014 - 1:44.3 pace ) so off I set and zoom my heart rate went – thought maybe the belt was not sat properly and it would settle – but no it was racing away – still I cracked on – but after I got through the third split (22m30s) I just didn’t have it in me to push on and stopped :o(

So then lunchtime loomed and I decided to go back to basics – r20 hour (I had time as I got to my desk half an hour early) and cap it at 80% HRR (160bpm) got set up and set off – had a mess about with the HR strap as somehow I had it round towards the side – sorted that out and saw that I was sitting sub 1:46 without a huge strain – blew through the HR cap after about ten minutes and kept on it – worked out if I got to halfway with ave pace a 1:45.5 or lower that I could ease of and then pick it up at the end. That’s what I did – snot and spit and sweat flew everywhere and still a few demon moments to contend with but I got there in the end :o) Also qualifies as a new 40-49H Irish record (beating my own previous record) so that is nice

The Stats:

TE 5.0

EPOC 274m/kg

Ave HR 165bpm (85% HRR)

Max HR 178bpm

Ave resp rate 36 breaths per minute 

1414 kcal

60r20 sub 1:45

Well after last weeks 60r20 jolly I looked up the master of these - Mr Skene and saw he had a 1:44.9 60r20 - so not that I am competitive or anything .... (also needed to make up some training from missing yesterday due to daughters appointment)

no time for warm up - still trying to cool down

Garmin HR Details

60r20 - 17k - self inflicted punishment

Well spent Wednesday and Thursday fighting with my nemesis - 30min TT - 20 minutes in and 10 minutes in I HD'd - not through tiredness, soreness, out of breathness - just put the handle down and really am at a loss to explain it at the mo - the temptation is then to have another go and another and end up in a downward spiral - so - this morning I knew I would be in with enough time to do a 60min piece and had decided on 60r20 70% HRR - even then I had left my pass at home with key to get the machine out - and also left the Garmin on the erg switched on so the battery had gone - looked like the day was going against me.

Got on the erg and set off - after about 3-4 minutes I decided I wanted to push this session as I'd missed the training effect the last two days - also - I needed to push a hard piece and finish it - so decided on the end of the first split (7m30s) I would drive on with a 17k r20 piece - somehow decided this would be 1:45.0 pace and knew as I had lost some in the first split I would need to drive harder - 17k isn't 1:45.0 split - it's 1:45.8 - took me a while to work that out lol - once I had i targeted the 17k as originally planned and got rather sweaty