Shoulder still a major issue, but I can bike. Did my first trip up the mountain in quite a while and my first significant exercise in quite a while. With the hot weather, 5 lbs heavier, and lack of fitness... I worked way harder than usual to get up the mountain. About 86º at the top, 92ºF at the bottom.
Set a new max HR reading on this climb of 192 bpm.
Compare when I was doing this in shape in much cooler weather in March:
March 12:
Bike climb up Roark's Cove Rd - about 20 min
Max HR: 177 .... Avg HR: 153 .... HR over 170: 4:36
Today:
Bike climb up Roark's Cove Rd - just under 25 min
Max HR: 192 .... Avg HR: 159 .... HR over 170: 15:36
Most notable is the amount of time my HR was over 170 today, almost 16 min. Long time. Hopefully my fitness will improve as I get back into cross training.
Heat increases cardiac stress so that is part of the HR increase.
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