WEEK 8
Cardio Burn (80%HR)
40 minutes
16 MAY (376 cal)

The way this ride works is that the bike computes 80% of your heart rate based on age. Tension adjusts automatically to keep you at the correct heart rate. Until today, I was honest about my age, and the heart rate was 143. Today I stepped it up slightly and knocked ten years off my age to 31. That increased the heart rate zone to 151. I like staying over 150 and so will keep it at this setting for a while. I may even knock a few more years off yet.

This ride is not nearly as taxing as the hill program, but I increase the time by ten minutes and it makes for a nice break. I may do this program after every two hill sessions, or maybe after every three hill sessions.