Getting fit through indoor cycling
The aim this morning was simple: get out early and beat the heat. If I’m not mistaken today turned out to be yet another yearly record breaker, topping 27c here at its peak, or 34c in the kitchen when I was cooking tea. Absolutely nuts. Setting out, I followed a route I’ve done several times … Read more
Phew, what an absolute scorcher of a day. I think, though I don’t know for absolute certain, that today was the hottest day of the year up where I live. A steady 26c from about 11am onwards. As I normally work Saturday mornings, that meant I missed any opportunity to get out before the sun … Read more
It seems as of late that everything I’m doing is on some crazy short timescale. At work I’ve been trying to meet a ridiculously tight deadline that, inexplicably, got canned first thing this morning. What that meant is that I could take a lot of pressure off myself, and instead go for a dinner time … Read more
It’s been a while – 3 months actually – since I was last on Zwift. And whilst it was a suitable hot enough day outside for an outdoor ride, I decided to play it safe on the knee and do one of the tried and tested FTP Builder workouts, to keep a steady pace and … Read more
Something of a typical ‘me’ ride today. Out and back again with a hill approximately half way there. The first half of the ride being mostly up – even if only 1-2%, and then the second half being the opposite. As this was a ride up to Longridge, there are a couple of small but … Read more