Bike climb

 Today, I brought Dr. Scott with me to do the bike climb.  Weather, same as it was last sunday but felt cooler, mid 40ºs, cloudy, and some wind.  With Scott pushing me I tied a post op PR.

Scott took off and when we started the long steep, he was off the seat.  I thought, 'wow's he's either in shape or he's going to suffer.'  As a distance runner, this was more his thing.  But at the the top of the big, hill he had to stop and rest.   I was about 30 sec behind him and rode by him at the top and kept going.  

Roark's Cove Rd bike climb

Time -  22:50 

avg speed 6.1 mph

Max HR - 173

Avg HR - 155

HR over 170 - 2:14

Perceived effort was very high, but HR no where near as high as the climb I did during the heat of July in the same time of 22:50.  Don't know if the device is not reading correctly, or it's a massive difference due to conditioning and temperature.  Here was my data from July, the heat index was 89º:

Max HR - 187 

HR over 170 - 16:28 

HR over 180 - 6:05 

Avg HR - 171 

Huge difference.   

Tomorrow is going to be wicked cold, below freezing all day, and already a light dusting of snow.   

142.3  after workout.  Still not controlling my eating effectively.