I am new to Triathlons and am looking to compete in the 1/2 Ironman in Kona next may. I have been trainning without a heart rate monitor, until just buying one last week. On my rides that are only about tweenty miles so far I have been averaging tweenty miles an hour, after getting a polar I can see I have been having my heart rate at 185 beats per minute at this speed. I understand I need to be at 135 to 147 beats per minute, and at this range I am only going about twelve miles per hour. I don't mind doing this to build my system until I can work at the same beats per minute by bringing my mile per hour up. My question is do I continue to train here to build as Polar suggests and over the period of six months or so my performance will improve while not working any harder? I would appreciate any input,
Thanks...
"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you never take" - Wayne Gretzky
Thanks...
"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you never take" - Wayne Gretzky