Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 4 – Neokyo All-Nighter

Shall we start with the whoopsies today? Yeah, why not. I mean, there’s a few to cover. So let’s not delay. Whoops #1 – The races are NOT part of the Tour of Makuri Islands Easily the biggest whoops of the last few weeks is my incorrectly held belief that the Race Makuri series is … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 3 – Turf N Surf Race (B)

On we roll to Stage 3 of the Tour of Makuri Islands race series. I’m not quite sure how many races there are in this series – I’m guessing 6, as per the Tour of Makuri Islands other stages – so that very well may mean we are now at the half way point. A … Read more

Build Back Up

Today was all about Zone 2, just getting some time on the bike and back into the legs. Two days recovery and I feel like it’s ages since I’ve been on. Madness. But I wasn’t paying a huge amount of attention today. With the bike desk I’m able to bring the laptop over and ‘work’ … Read more

Weekly Review November 7th – 13th 2022

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.  Unintentionally a shorter week this time around with only four rides. I messed up … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 3 – Temples and Towers

On to Stage 3 we move – but crucially (and rather confusingly) not for races. At least, not yet. I quite like that the breaks between Tour of Makuri Islands stages for racing is longer than that for the group rides. The truth of it is that this morning I didn’t feel ready / rested … Read more