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skinny
Whats going on here? Is it normal to have a big HR spike after going a bit hard on a rep?
A bit of context: I was planning on doing 8x 4min @105% FTP with 1:30 recoveries on the turbo (a session I've done plenty of times) but it was too nice not to ride outdoors so I rode out to a quietish little climb to do the session there. I rode out easy and rather than watching my power meter on the first climb I rode to feel and probably set off a bit quickly. At the top I was pretty pooped, but not too bad - but as soon as I turned around to ride back down my heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. Normally my HR-Max is 170-175... 180absolute tops in races (TT/CX/running) so ~220 is mega high. I don't know if the HR reading in the spike is accurate, but I could really feel it thumping. Once it calmed down I felt completely normal for the remainder of the session.
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