> On Jul 31, 2015, at 12:34 AM, Jim Bronson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Makes me wonder where randonneuring fits into all this. It's hard at times, > but we don't try to kill ourselves either and we usually ride at a social > pace that allows for conversation. > > But still, 10 hour + rides are a frequent occurrence in the life of a > randonneur. If you keep a social pace is it "just riding" or are you putting > yourself in a danger zone just due to the sheer length of the thing. > > Who knows…
I don’t know for sure but my guess is that the damage in competitive sports comes from spending long periods of time with your heart rate in the anaerobic zone. I used to wear a heart rate monitor when racing and would sometimes spend 90 minutes of a 2 hour race above the mathematical anaerobic threshold. There are many competitive, driven randonneurs who treat it as a long race and I suspect they are prone to the same risks as USA Cycling racers. I think it is the prolong high-intensity stuff that is damaging. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
