new max HR

I was so happy with my TT results at TBC, I was able to put in my max effort with a really consistent HR. I really think the key was a great warm up. I built up to 185BPM and held that for the whole race with no spikes or dips in HR.

The next morning for the road race I did not warm up at all, figuring its a longer race I would warm up during the race. Mistake #1. Then I took 3 pulls at the front of the pack because I wanted to set the pace a bit quicker than the field was moving. I did not look at my HR during these pulls but my perceived effort was 75-85% max and the pulls were fairly short. These pulls were mistake #2. Apparently the race day adrenaline pushed me harder than I thought because I set a new max HR during those pulls 207 BPM. ooops

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/27035635

Learning curve straight up, great lesson for me.