Getting fit through indoor cycling
Today’s ride was the 8th and final stage of the Tour de Zwift 2021. Essential this was five laps of the London Classique circuit, but the official Zwift description says it better than I can: Leave the trees behind and pedal towards the concrete jungles of Stage 8: Urban Routes. London, New York, and France … Read more
Each week I try to review and reflect on my previous week on the bike. This allows me to see how my fitness and ability is progressing on a wider timescale than day to day. For previous weekly reviews please click here. This week’s rides were as follows: Tuesday – Tour De Zwift 2021 – Stage 6: Longer … Read more
I’m not rightly sure what my objective was for today. Get outdoors, maybe? If so, goal achieved. Climb a hill? I climbed two, go me. Pass 1,000 calories? Yep, nailed that one, too. But this ride never felt strong at any point. A lot of this, I think, was to do with the weather. It … Read more
The weather person (or robot, probably) predicted a 90% chance of rain today, and I can unhappily confirm they were spot on. It’s rained for about 90% of the day. So no outdoors riding for me. It did stop, briefly, around 4pm – about the time I got on Zwift. But I didn’t fancy getting … Read more
I bought a new bed recently, it got delivered last week. Replaced a divan with a oak thingy. Why’s this important? Because this here new bed is chunkier and wider than my old one. And last night, at about 5am, I woke up and figured I wouldn’t be getting back to sleep until I’d emptied … Read more