Wednesday, April 1, 2009

I am officially a bike dork

I did some testing today. It is called a "lactate threshold test" Much to my dismay, it has nothing to do with cheese, or other tasty lactose containing foods. I bought a copy of Joe Friel's book about Mountain bike training and realized he really knows his stuff when it comes to all that science-y stuff that has to do with physiology and other big 5 syllable words. I also read his blog the other day, and he wrote an idiot proof (I tested it today, it is idiot proof) guide on how to do a Lactate threshold test. I warmed up, the started to go pretty much all out for 30 minutes. Then I took my average heart rate for the last 20 minutes. I guess this tells me where I should be (heart rate wise) when I am doing my intervals and other fun things that make me want to expunge my lunch onto my handlebars. I almost lost it today, but I kept it all in. Maybe next time.
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  1. rick is!April 2, 2009 at 3:54 AM

    thanks for the reminder on friel's lt test. I forgot how I did mine last year and need to do this years. something "fun" to look forward to this weekend.

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  2. LapsApril 2, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    Yeah, fun. I recommend not doing it right after lunch. I almost lost it several times.

    I can't believe someone actually reads this.

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