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Proper warm up - 20 minutes or so (do this properly - including some intense efforts for a few seconds)

Then - and this is the unpleasant bit - you have to ride as hard as you can sustain for 30 minutes.

After 10 minutes of that, start your heart monitor, and record your average heart rate for the next 20 minutes.

Try to keep the same cadence over the 20 mins - about 90-100 rpm, if you have a monitor.

By the end you should feel like you just want to fall off the bike and curl up.

Your average heart rate over that 20 mins is your threshold heart rate.

It's a bit unpleasant. But v useful for pretty much any training plan.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on September 19th 2014 at 22:11:46

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Worst toilet I ever saw was in Spain, in a cute little village in the Pyrenees. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 19, 20:53:39
- Yes. Spanish bar toilets. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 19, 21:00:44
  - Oi, Trickery, if you're still there. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 19, 21:37:06
    - Threshold test? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 19, 22:00:14
      - Might have been. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 19, 22:03:58
        
        This (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 19, 22:11:46
        
        (Oh - I'm sure you know, but you should do a cool-down spin for a while afterwards.) (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 19, 22:13:06
        
        Eek. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 19, 23:06:54
  - oh yeah (General Chat) - matt in london, Sep 19, 21:16:34
    - the thing I remember about that bar bog (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 19, 22:21:55

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