Getting fit through indoor cycling
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. Overall a really enjoyable week on the bike this week. I managed to get … Read more
Right then, off we go for Stage 3 of this years Tour of Watopia, and I think it’s fair to say this one is the toughest of the tour. Well, in my mind it certainly is. I opted for the longer ride – taking in the Tour of Fire and Ice, aka a quick whip … Read more
Despite about a months notice, along with several reminders during the week, I had (of course) completely forgotten my wife was out this afternoon / evening on a hen party. Whoops. When she came in at about 1pm and said – you do remember I’m going out at 2.30 – I had to hastily drop … Read more
Three week day rides, all outdoors, and all ~30km. I’ll happily take that. It’s a real shame the wind was up today, as at the odd time it wasn’t blowing wild, the sun was really pleasant. However when the wind picked up, it was like cycling through treacle. Even though I have manually planned each … Read more
The 24 hour weather forecast is rarely wrong, and so when, last night, I saw rain rain rain for the morning, I suspected I’d be indoors today. Well, it did rain, but the showers were light and the ground largely dry when dinner time arrived. So, off out I went. I plotted a route into … Read more