Extreme Training and Overload! [What NOT to do before a maximum heart rate exercise]

DON'T DRINK 60 CUPS OF COFFEE!!!

Before an intense training day at least. Kinda a no brainer, really dumb actually so lets delve into this wonderful day a little deeper shall we?
Right on.

Apart from so many online personas and content to shuffle about, my everyday life can get very busy, like the lot of you, it can get just down right hectic and nearly impossible to get anything finished proper, thus the loss in sleep and the addition of caffeine to "help" the day move better? Or does it really? Don't get me wrong here, I am not going into a tirade about not drinking coffee, in fact, EMBRACE it, love it, sip it, but just don’t overdo it.

So after waking up at 0430 and doing some basic Calisthenics to help stay fit, I had worked up quite the appetite and felt like going to Plymouth for breakfast for some reason, maybe it was because what I really wanted to go to The Bean and write in one of my other blogs for a film project that is underway agai., The fact that I love that place and sitting around computing while having coffee was just so... It was so appealing to me, to say the least.

Needless to explain in detail, I had breakfast at

Bode's then made haste over to the Coffee Bean for some coffee and work on the computer, this had lasted quite a few hours as I finally left Plymouth about 1130. I was then quite a few coffees deep and still coming down from a sugar high from an enormous cookie I had earlier that morning. I was knackered.

The day wasn't just over yet! It was time to train on the rollers at the shop now.
Crap, My bike has ‘cross tyres on it and I need it for training as we are doing simulated hill climbs, sprints, and other fun stuff that need gears. No biggie, I’ll just take my extra tyres to the shop and change them there, in like ten minutes yeah.. no biggie, I’ll take a nap real quick now. So nap time really messed me up, or maybe it was the coffee, or maybe it was the tyres not being done, either case it really sucked for me when I was ready to roil out to the shop, I was not prepared. Gunnar in hand and a few sets of tyres we were rarin’ to go. I arrived thirty minutes early just so I could get set up right, man, I was flustered and under duress. I was literally running around the shop like a chicken with his head clipped off.

It was rather comical in hindsight, really. So swapping the ‘cross tyres with the Ruffy Tuffy’s was really easy. All things considered, just one hitch on the rear wheel though. After inflating in haste mind you, I didn’t make good sure the tyre was fully seated on the wheel and a mini bubble was forcing it’s way out the gap between the tyre and rim, this as you are well aware of, is a ticking time bomb. The sucker blew out but was relatively quiet as I was trying to let some air out just before she blew. Damnit, time delay again, so out to the truck for my spare tube. I quickly swapped out the tube on this one and made well sure it was seated correctly, but something was amiss… what was that hissing sound? It was not the radio playing, nope, this was my Foxed up wheel again! For the love!!!! So now (thank God we were in a bicycle shop) grabbed a tube from the shelf and swapped for a third time. Three times a charm eh? As it turned out, the hissing was a valve tear, I have had quite a few actually and it really pisses me off.

Ready to train on the button, like literally, it was 13:57 when I hopped on my bike on the rollers and a minute thereafter we started the training, but guess what my heart rate was at this point? 143BPM baby!!! Bring it on!! Whoo hooo!!! So that was my warm up, the tyre change and I wish I had recorded it on my heart rate monitor proper, that would have been interesting. Mind you, I was moving swiftly to and fro during the tyre swap like mini sprints but you really don’t care that I failed twice on mounting a tyre so I guess this excuse is lame as any.

Training time!

Saturday Afternoon Ass Kicker!

Time: 01:54:56
Distance: 24.80 mi
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
Calories: 1,365 C

Timing
Time: 01:54:56
Moving Time: 00:00:00
Elapsed Time: 01:54:56
Avg Speed: 14.2 mph
Max Speed: 32.5 mph
Avg Pace: 04:13 min/mi
Best Pace: 01:50 min/mi
SpeedPaceElevation
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
Elevation Loss: 600 ft

Heart Rate
Avg HR: 165 bpm
Max HR: 183 bpm

Wow, what a workout and what a draggy setup I had, this goes to show folks that you must make sure your bicycle is running smoothly before you begin riding no matter where you are riding or what the terrain.

So after cooling down and bringing my hear rate to a much lower level like say 100 It was time to go home and rest up for a party later that evening. And below is the Heart rate for the allotted time, whether it be the coffee, the extreme workout, or just anxiety from looking at the damn thing, my heart rate was still too high, for usually it is about 72-85bpm doing the same activity with some 110-120 spikes under exertion, but that was it. Right now it is 80 BPM on the nose. Take a look at the chart in the posted link there, it was averaging 100 BPM the whole night!! EGADS!!!

Average HR 100 not so good, need to chill.

So this totally worried me as it should and the following day I spent resting and finally it came back to normal.



Okay, Back to normal I guess...

So now we settle for a nice cup of cute kitty kat in the morning.


Moral of the story: Don’t over do it because you “can” you will overstress the ticker and possibly cause it to stop working. Training your heart takes time, you cannot just jump in and be a marathon runner in a few weeks, you need proper conditioning and training. So I am taking this little event seriously, I was very foolish for drinking that much coffee, that much coffee period is just down right foolish but we all make mistakes, and the coffee just tastes so damn good!!! As we type this, I am drinking nothing but decaf and hopefully this makes a difference as I was drinking quite a bit of coffee since the end of summer, I guess it is one of my vices next to cycling. So to all of you Wanna be Cyclist’s out there, just take it easy and don’t mix coffee with training, ever.


-WCFTW