Bill Gates
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- Location
- West Sussex
Seeing the thread on cycling and MS has prompted me to seek out the experiences of other riders who ride and have had a heart attack or suffer from angina, and how this is affecting their riding.
I've had 2 heart attacks and, some might think foolishly, still have aspirations to race competitively. I've not raced so far this year, as I've had a bad year's training mainly due to a dodgy knee. I recently had an arthroscopy and can now manage to do some high quality training rides.
The problem I find is recovery. My MHR is around 176 and 'm 60. I can manage to do some decent training @ 90-95% MHR for 2 x 20 minutes to improve my LT but it knocks me out for the following 2 days. Riding at steady or tempo pace doesn't have the same effect.
I've had 2 heart attacks and, some might think foolishly, still have aspirations to race competitively. I've not raced so far this year, as I've had a bad year's training mainly due to a dodgy knee. I recently had an arthroscopy and can now manage to do some high quality training rides.
The problem I find is recovery. My MHR is around 176 and 'm 60. I can manage to do some decent training @ 90-95% MHR for 2 x 20 minutes to improve my LT but it knocks me out for the following 2 days. Riding at steady or tempo pace doesn't have the same effect.