Fun & Fitness over 50

I had a bike ride scheduled for my training today but it was raining pretty hard so I went to the gym and used the stationary recumbent bike instead. That worked out well anyhow cause I was supposed to ride a flat course keeping my HR at or under 65%MHR. That’s a lot easier to do on a stationary.

I’m trying to use a training plan I developed for myself based on Heart Zones Cycling by Sally Edwards and Sally Reed. I’m finding the trouble with that is that my HRM, a Sports Instruments Fit3, has only 3 preset zones that I can’t modify. The “health zone” is 50% to 70%MHR. That’s quite a range and 70%MHR is a lot more perceived exertion that 50%! Anyhow, it makes it hard for me to monitor how much time I spend in each of the 5 zones layed out by Edwards and Reed. I’m not going to scrap the monitor as I just got it but maybe I will modify the plan a bit to accomodate just 3 zones. I guess it’s a beginners HRM and I suppose I am a beginner so maybe I can live with it. I’m kind of a perfectionist and a guy who likes to follow the cookbook to the last jot and tittle at least the first time I make the recipe. Maybe I should chill on this one!