Bike climb, easy

Today, I did the usual bike climb but did it with goal of not trying to raise my HR above 170 as much.  It was 2 min slower than last time, but I achieved the goal.  I took it real easy to recover on the less steep places and only averaged 5.5 mph through the whole climb.  The real steep part, HR still peaked at 178.  

Roark's Cove bike climb - 26:20.  

Max HR: 178

Avg HR: 154

Time over 170: 3:38 (13%)

Much less time over 170 bpm.   Avg HR was about the same, mostly because I shut down the monitor as soon as I got off the bike, 2 min after reaching the top.  I didn't include the recovery as I usually do.   

This is quite a bit easier than trying to maintain a sub 24 min pace.