Aconcagua 2009 Expedition

Well, it’s been just over a week since I updated my training records, and it’s been a bit chaotic with a holiday and a two day back-to-back rest due to shin pain…  I am tracking now with a Polar RS800CX Multi.  I am still having some challenges with recording – having the wrong accessories turned on or off while working out, but by and large I’m getting the hang of it and it’s providing a wealth of information… now all I need is someone to help me understand the value of a lot of the data I am getting such as VLF, HF/LF, minimum R-R, etc…  I haven’t included the R-R data as it would make my post rediculously long… I have included just the Friday July 3rd data below.

June 25th – Brick
June 26th – circuit
June 27th – 5K run
June 28th – 3 mile bike, 2miles on the track (cadence sensor training)
June 29th – circuit
June 30th – rest: shin pain
July 1st – rest: shin pain
July 2nd – Brick
  Cycle:
     average heart rate – 153
     max heart rate – 167�
     Duration 0:50:10  �
     Sampling Rate 5 s �
     Energy Expenditure 688 kcal�
     Number of Heart Beats 7688 beats�
     Recovery -31 beats�
     Minimum Heart Rate 113 bpm�
     Average Heart Rate 153 bpm�
     Maximum Heart Rate 167 bpm�
     Standard Deviation 12.3 bpm�
     Minimum Altitude  167 ft�
     Average Altitude  184 ft�
     Maximum Altitude  190 ft�
     Ascent 20 ft�
     VAM 24 ft/h�
   Run:
     Duration 0:21:25  �
     Sampling Rate 5 s�
     Running Index 41     �
     Energy Expenditure 318 kcal�
     Number of Heart Beats 3440 beats�
     Recovery -35 beats�
     Minimum Heart Rate 128 bpm�
     Average Heart Rate 160 bpm�
     Maximum Heart Rate 166 bpm�
     Standard Deviation 5.7 bpm �
     Minimum Pace 14:17 min/mile�
     Average Pace 10:00 min/mile�
     Maximum Pace 9:22 min/mile�
     Distance  2.1 miles �
     Minimum Cadence  79 rpm�
     Average Cadence  84 rpm�
     Maximum Cadence 88 rpm�
July 3rd – Ladder with Circuit (regular circuit, all exercises done wearing La Sportiva Spantik’s), stairmill
  Ladder:     �
     10 jump pullups (rest)
     10 jump pullups, 10 pushups (rest)
     10 jump pullups, 10 pushups, 10 – 10lb curls (rest)
     10 jump pullups, 10 pushups, 10 – 10lb curls, low punches, military presses, reverse flys, high cross-punches, 10 jump squats (rest)
     10 jump pullups, 10 pushups, 10 – 10lb curls, low punches, military presses, reverse flys, high cross-punches, 10 – 10 lb jump squats (rest)
     10 jump pullups, 10 pushups, 10 – 10lb curls, low punches, military presses, reverse flys, high cross-punches, 10 – 10 lb jump squats, 10 straight-arm swing (raise) with 25 lb curl bar (rest)
  20 minutes on stairmill, 10 at level 4, 10 at level 5
monitor data:
     Duration 1:28:15  �
     Sampling Rate 5 s�
     Energy Expenditure 932 kcal�
     Number of Heart Beats 11571 beats�
     Recovery 4 beats�
     Minimum Heart Rate 100 bpm�
     Average Heart Rate 131 bpm�
     Maximum Heart Rate 160 bpm�
     Standard Deviation 14.4 bpm�
     Energy Expenditure 935 kcal�
     Number of Heart Beats 11569 beats�
     Minimum R-R Interval  366 ms (164 bpm)�
     Average R-R Interval  458 ms (131 bpm)�
     Maximum R-R Interval 611 ms (98 bpm)�
     RLX baseline 5 ms�
     Standard Deviation 51.8 ms�
     Max/min ratio 1.67  �
     Weighted RR Average 463 ms�
     SD1 3.3 ms�
     SD2 73.2 ms�
     RMSSD 4.6 ms�
     pNN50 0.0 %�
     Total power (0.003 – 0.400 Hz) 385.03 ms² �
     VLF (0.003 – 0.040 Hz) 357.10 ms² (92.7 %)�
     LF (0.040 – 0.150 Hz) 26.15 ms² (6.8 %)�
     HF (0.150 – 0.400 Hz) 1.78 ms² (0.5 %)�
     LF/HF ratio 1465.9 %
July 4th – rest (beach day!)
July 5th – rest
July 6th – Trainer workout
     Jump squats w/ medicine ball
     TRX shoulder workout (squat – straight arm lift)
     straight-arm lat pulldown