We need a Coot-tha thread as per bna. So here it is. I’m going for another year of 100 coot-tha backs. Trying to sneak in a few sub 10s along the way
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Mt Alexander is our version of Coot-tha near Bendigo. Did a Nth and Sth double recently for the first time in ages. “Extra kegs and ageing legs” I titled the ride. Carrying about 6-7kg more than I’d like. It was slow.
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This thread needs Mr P.
I’m here now!
8:22@357W this morning (60kg). Let’s improve from there.
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Good stuff! 
I’ve been following this thread for a long time despite not having done Coot-tha in many years. I just checked Strava to find no results, turns out the last time I did it was the 2011 event before I had got Strava 
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in recent years all of my coot-tha efforts have been on the mtb, can’t remember the last time i did it on the roadie
I have only ridden Mt Coot-tha back once in March 2012, shortly after commencing riding. My time (don’t laugh) was 17.32 at an grand average speed of 7.6kph but to put it in context I was a cycling newbie at 70 years young.
Having done it once have never been back although recently I have been tempted to try the Gain out up there and see how she/me would go 
(Would be saved as an e-bike time of course 
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Snuck in for a sub 10 coot-tha for the first time since April. Max hr 186 
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Did an 8:16 this morning. ‘Average’ HR 186!
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I don’t think this hr competition is good for us
As a physician, what’s your thoughts on us doing this a couple of times a week?
Whenever I spoke about my bpm hitting 205, they have said if it starts dropping back down once the effort has finished, it was all good! 
Foo
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Back in my 20s I saw 220+ a few times on maximum effort and my GP said the same.
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I raced tts without a PM. Perceived effort, the feeling of lactate building in the legs over time and HR, were my pacing strategies. I could maintain 180bpm for 1 hour in my late 30s so HR was the dominant pacing strategy. Drop below 180 and go harder as it meant I had lost focus, provided the legs weren’t blowing up. Cardiac output = heart rate x stroke volume. It just meant I have as small heart as I understand it.
Here’s to us heartless bastards. 
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Sorry, missed this. ‘The Midlife Cyclist’ has a good chapter on this - we probably have weirdly elevated CT coronary calcium scores but this isn’t associated with an increased heart disease risk. Probably the only real risk we face is an increased risk of arrhythmia, mainly atrial fibrillation.
Maximum heart rate is very personal, I can still make about 202bpm at age 45, but it’s largely genetic, heart size and weight based. I still prefer not to go over 200bpm, it’s not very nice.
Things are getting back under control - 8:17 for me this morning with 351W and 183bpm average.
I still find it frustrating how much conditions dictate time! That was 6W more than last week for a second slower.
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