Zone 2 Power vs Zone 2 HR (Should I increase power to move HR to Z2?)

Pre power meter:

8 hours of climbing, 13:51 elapsed. Done at ‘in it to finish it’ but pace was endurance climbing and mostly nose breathing. Average HR between 134-140bpm. Average temps for each climb in F and C:

  • 44F / 7C
  • 65 / 18
  • 74 / 23
  • 80 / 27
  • 69 / 21

First climb, top of zone2 is 142bpm:

Third climb w/o the early 15 minute stop

Fifth climb:

Yeah I’m a slow climber, that was done with an FTP of around 3W/kg.

So ~8 hours of climbing over ~14 hours I think its fair game to call “all day” HR for the climbing portions only.

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