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Seamstress
That ride only has 600mtrs of climbing so pretty flat compared to my other rides, I actually am reasonably fit and as the cardiologist said I’m way fitter than the average 50 year old, just not as fit as I want to be.You've got to ride on the flat to train yourself at first, and it doesn't happen overnight.
I have the same issues coupled with mild asthma. Once you go into zone 4 you're done for the rest of the ride.
Sometimes you can overtrain and you won't get the HR down either until you have a good rest.
I didn’t start riding yesterday either, been riding for 15 years or so on MTBs including racing solo 6 hours etc, my max heart rate is around 210bpm sometimes higher, as I have tachycardia. So to keep my heart lower was either give up riding or get some assistance, hence the e-bike purchase.
I normally don’t share this but I have a condition which usually only affects people with tachycardia who do sustained physical activity for long periods of time ie 6hr solo races, longer rides at high effort or marathon runners etc. It’s called starving for air (it does have a medical term) basically my diaphragm gets a cramp so I can’t get enough air into my lungs so don’t create enough red blood cells meaning I lose all power in my legs and feels like I’m having a heart attack.
As someone who use to race well and did lots of big rides including bike packing and was pretty proud of my efforts, it’s been pretty humiliating to admit that I was to either stop riding all together or get an e-bike. But hey let’s just say “you need to ride more” or the way I’ve read it “your lazy, train more and you won’t need an e-bike” Happy to be told I’m wrong but that’s how I read it.