Finally the ice has (almost) cleared from Holyrood Park, so I was able to do my homebrew “fitness test” to start my training. I figure that timing myself over three laps of Holyrood Park \/ Arthurs Seat will be a good yardstick. I can come back and do the same course in a few months and see if I’ve got faster. There’s little in the way of traffic lights or junctions, and it’s a mixture of steepish climbs, fast descents and a fair bit of flat road too.<\/p>\n
Date: Jan 16th 2010, 15:00
\nRoute: Holyrood Park loop (3.3mi including 100m ascent)
\nDistance: 3 loops of 3.3mi, plus 2mi there and 2mi back = 14miles.
\nBike: Courier Nexus<\/p>\n
Lap 1: 13m50s, 153bpm average => 14.3mph average
\nLap 2: 14m22s, 155bpm average => 13.8mph average
\nLap 3: 14m26s, 155bpm average => 13.7mph average<\/p>\n
Notes: Start\/end at zebra crossing near Holyrood Palace. Snowgates were shut at bottom of hill, requiring a short muddy\/icy excursion. Lots of pedestrians around, but didn’t have to stop for traffic.<\/p>\n
Heartrate was 160-163 climbing the hill, which felt sustainable. Went up to 167 after the final steepest bit of the climb, which didn’t feel so sustainable! Tried to keep at 150-160bpm round the rest of the lap, but ran out of gears on the downhill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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