Henry Coe Hillclimb Race … Bit Older … Bit Slower
October 26, 2008 2:45 pm
Today was the San Jose Bicycle Club annual Henry Coe Hillclimb race. I did well on this same race last year and wanted to see if I could come close to that time. From the beginning of the day I just didn’t have the confidence but felt I could still do well. My time was 38:33, which was 59 seconds slower than last year. When I got home I downloaded the data from my heart rate monitor and could see that I did almost the same in terms of average heart rate. I think my weight is up about 2 lbs, so that would make some difference in time but not all of it. I calculated that I was putting out about 2 more watts last year. If my weight was down 2 lbs, it would have meant 20 seconds faster, assuming I still put out the same watts. Still it was overall a good time I won’t do that well on the overall standings hoever. First they moved me from CAT 4 to CAT 3 from last year so I had only a 5 minutes hanicap vs. 6 last year. Second they gave a ridiculous handicap to CAT 4 racers of 10 minutes, compared with 6 minutes last year. With that handicap a lot of the CAT 4 racers should place in the top 20.
Henry Coe Climb |
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Distance: 6.75 miles, Climb: 2,120 feet, Avg Grade: 5.5%
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Time SJ Bicycle Club Race – Woodchopper to Lower Parking Lot
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Date
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Time
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Weight
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Max HR
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Avg HR
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Watts
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Single
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Tandem
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10/26/08
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38:33
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138
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176
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167
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225
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52:58
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164
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152
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9/10/08
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41:19
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138
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162
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156
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9/7/08
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46:51
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138
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153
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143
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4/19/08
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56:15
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140
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165
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148
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10/28/07
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37:34
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136
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176
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169
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227
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These are the heart rate curves for the last two years. From these you can I was pushing my heart almost as much this year as last. Click the graph to view enlarged.
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2 Responses to “Henry Coe Hillclimb Race … Bit Older … Bit Slower”
Hi,
I was wondering what computer you are using on your bike that gives you such great graphs. I am very interested in getting a computer that will allow me to do hear rate and cadence curves plotted on the same graph as distance and elevation. Right now, my computer just gives me max and average HR and Cadence after a ride.
Thanks
Kevin
I use a Polar 625X heart rate monitor/cycling computer. It records things at user set intervals such as speed, heart rate, elevation, etc. I download the data into the Polar software, which produce the graphs.
Care to comment?