Wow, thanks for the great insights into technique. Makes me drool for a GPS like the one I gave my son for Xmas. I bike and XC ski with a heart rate monitor. 162 beats/minute aerobic threshold on the bike, 172 on skis. I figure that the poling costs me 10 heartbeats. Checked heart rate paddling cruising speed does only cost about 10-heartbeats/min over sitting still. Very efficient. Same speed on foot takes about 30 beats over sitting. When just flailing at max 1-minute effort, my HR goes up to only about 140. Looks to me that better upper body vascularity would really help my speed. Of course, I am a cyclist and have no upper body. bob phillips In SE MI, where the water is too hard to paddle in and I want to try out my new bulkheads *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 18 2000 - 14:15:18 PST
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