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Originally Posted by Marn
Had a resting hearth rate of 56 bpm this morning, the lowest I've seen yet.
One thing I was going to point out, if this was after a hard ride, it could be your heart rate was suppressed. A lot of time a lower heart rate than normal is caused by fatigue. Doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't ride.
http://www.usacycling.org/encyclingp...ry.php?id=7402
"As you work through your second week of training and into your third week, you may experience slightly more variation in heart rate and an increase in perceived exertion in all heart rate ranges. It will most likely become harder for you to elevate your heart rate into the 4-5a plus zones as you build training fatigue - but that is of course part of the goal. You want to experience greater amounts of fatigue towards the end of a training block, but you also want to recognize when you are pushing your limits too far to prevent working into an overtrained state."
Also, as far as a pure Zone 1 ride, I don't think there is much reason to do one.