August 2020 -- Vol 4 -- Issue 8 August 2020 | Page 189

On The Pegs VOL. 4 ISSUE 8 - August 2020 189
RONNIE COMMO
TALKS ABOUT
HEART RATE
AND RACING
During the race, I really tried to work on my
heart rate, keep it down and monitor it as I was
riding. A couple times I looked down it was 190
(bpm), so I knew I had to back it off a little bit.
Keep it around 170 for the day.
I try to keep it between 155 and 175. That’s a
comfortable zone for me. If I get up over 175
I’m really overdoing it. So what I’ll do is I’ll ride
smooth in-between the sections and then really
put a lot of effort into the hard spots and really
focus. I don’t care how much energy it takes to
make it as smooth as possible. Then in-between
sections ride as smooth as possible and really
conserve and bring your heart rate back down.
It seems to be working. That’s what I tried to do
at King of Motos and it seemed to work really
well, so I tried to just implement that again today.
Fantastic. It worked out. n