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. Any week that features a climb of the Alpe du Zwift will always be … Read more
The big one. No longer the biggest climb on Zwift, and hasn’t been now for quite some time, but nevertheless a true challenge for me, and I suspect most riders. Yes, today would be longer ride for Stage 3 of the Tour of Watopia 2023 Fall edition, seeing the group tackle the 1,036 metres of … Read more
This one went about as well as expected. Once more I misjudged the route. I checked it out last night in the app, and when I saw the curly loop around I, yet again, figured we were doing the full reverse Hilly KOM. But no. This one is the same route that starts at the … Read more
Boredom. That’s my theory on why the people over at Zwift HQ meddled with the Workouts menu. Gone are all the usual ones I knew, and in their place are a few groups and some obvious brand associations. OK, so I’m in a bit of a bad mood today. I’ll try to offset some of … Read more
Stage 3 already, three weeks in. It can’t be? Well, apparently it is. So two big rides this week. I believe this is considered the Queen Stage, which I have learned means the hilliest stage. Not entirely sure how Queen + Hills relate, but I’m sure it makes sense in French. I actually thought I … Read more