Hans Kellner Dot Com :: a mighty fine website!
help
Please use your head when commenting. I reserve the right to delete anything that I find... well, anything that I want! Har har har I have the power!
Ahhem, ah, and now back to our regular sponsored program.
search
Race Report :: 2002 Sea Otter Classic :: Road Race
Date: March 22, 2002
Event: Sea Otter Classic Men’s Road Race
Category: Master 30+ 4/5
Time: 2:48:30
Laps: 3
Distance: 57 miles
Place: 23rd
Field: 100
28827 beats! That’s a measure of how much work my heart performed getting me through this race. That breaks down to an average of 171 beats per minute. That’s some work.
I would imagine that after working that hard my heart would feel sore. It’s a muscle so shouldn’t it feel the same as other muscles? Especially after a hard workout? But it’s not the case. At least not for me. How about you?
So, my poor “it should be aching” heart managed to get me 23rd place in the race. I ended up getting spit out the back on the last hill climb. I watched as the lead pack pulled away. It hurts to be so close to the finish, to go for so long in the race, and then to get dropped at the last part.
Oh well, early season racing is what Sea Otter is about.
Cheers!
p.s. I never received a result from this race. They screwed the pooch big time on the timing. Here is my rant about the screwed up Sea Otter timing.
p.p.s. Here are my Polar S710 heart rate graphs from the race.
BTW – Here are some details that my Polar S710 recorded from the race:
Number of Heart Beats 28827 beats
Recovery -74 beats
Minimum Heart Rate 99 bpm
Average Heart Rate 171 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 195 bpm
Standard Deviation 15.6 bpm
Minimum Speed 6.6 mph
Average Speed 20.7 mph
Maximum Speed 49.9 mph
Distance 58.2 miles
Minimum Cadence 49 rpm
Average Cadence 82 rpm
Maximum Cadence 115 rpm
Minimum Altitude 330 ft
Average Altitude 648 ft
Maximum Altitude 1085 ft
Ascent 5259 ft