Cycling Report

Just came back from cycling. I love cycling at night here at the place I live. Not many cars and have enough road to cycle around. Today’s aim was all about aerobic exercise, no hill climb (yes, there’s hill climb here as well).

Did a 1-hour session. I’ve set the target heart rate of my heart rate monitor to between the 145 and 175. And as you can see from the photo shown below, I was 53 minutes in zone with an average HR of 152. In fact, I tried to keep my HR above 160 most of the time, which was quite uncomfortable at first. But I actually felt good whenever I saw my HR was above 160.

If you are serious about working your heart out, you really need a heart rate monitor.

Cycling for the heart

The place I live now is very bicycle friendly. So, wifey and I decided to get ourselves a bicycle each. In fact, her bike is her birthday present from me.

The decision to take up cycling was an easy one. Because we are getting old, running gives too much impact to our knees and joints. We did consider roller-blades, but I’m afraid I would fall into the lake at the park.

Just did a 20km cycle today, not bad for a starter I guess.

 

Our cargo fresh from the shop! It’s amazing the Iswara Aeroback could fit two mountain bikes.

HER bike. Hard-Tail MTB with front suspension. Aluminium frame. Front and rear V-brakes. Rapid-fire gear shifters. Shimano gears. 

HIS bike. Hard-Tail MTB with front suspension. Full alloy. Front disc brake and rear V-brake. Rapid-fire gear shifters. Shimano gears.