Interval cycling- heart rate stays high for a long time?

[Hugo Stiglitz]

So I'm not used to measuring my heart rate but I bought a Garmin Instinct watch and I keep checking it.....post 2hour ride my heart rate was sat around 90-100 for approx an hour and now it's circa 77-80 a further hour on.

Resting heart rate is 40-50.


Is this normal?

Edited by Hugo Stiglitz on Friday 19th March 15:08

[TheDrownedApe]

no. your HR should be back to normal far quicker

[okgo]

It depends. It can be elevated for a while after exercise I think. I went for a ride earlier (got back at midday) where I avg 150bpm for 90 mins, and it's still sitting about 10bpm higher than usual resting now.

[Dnlm]

Yeah think its not that uncommon. doesnt take too much to get to 100 (for normal people), Also depends on fitness / difficulty of the ride - I'll often be there or higher for a while after a tough one.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Tough for me at the moment as I've been off the bike for about 3.5months

[oddman]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

I've been off the bike for about 3.5months

That's probably your answer - as you get fitter you'll recover more quickly