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how bad is it to always ride hard? I have gotten into cycling recently and I always ride hard, but I am going a bit crazy these days and ride about 300km a week, all pretty much as hard as I can. Got a heart rate monitor and my 3-4 hour rides are at a 160bpm average usually, 1-2 hour rides are 170bpm. When I climb a hill at full power the highest I will reach is 195. This usually happens in a ride anyway because I climb any hill I encounter at full power, max climb is about 70m of altitude difference here so what can I do.
I am dutch so I have always been cycling everywhere, I ride my bicicyle to the supermarket which is about 2 minutes away and thats the only easy riding I do.
I feel perfectly fine physically and I feel that I am improving. A friend told me riding like this I will destroy myself, but if I feel fine is it okay to continue to ride hard? I tried going easy but its just not as much fun and I couldnt do that and have a good time. I love cycling the way I am doing it now
