Chris

Indoor cyclist by morning, computer programmer by day (and night). My aim is to get fit through riding my road bike on a turbo trainer. Currently rocking a Specialised Allez on a Tacx Neo 2.

Two Steps Forward

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Went out today, tried to put in a stint but immediately – well, within 5 minutes or so – felt like I’d maxed out and promptly fell off a cliff. I’ve had a struggle really this week. Tuesday was a hell of a long day, and I’ve ended up with a horrid cough off the … Read more

Losing The Will

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Very tired today. Yesterday turned into an unexpectedly long day, lasting 13 hours all in, where 8 hours of that was travel. Killer. As such today, motivation was low. Very low. I did an endurance session on MyWhoosh, partly because I didn’t want to do very much in the way of activity, and partly because … Read more

Decent Push

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Overall really pleased with how this one went. I never set out with the intention of doing ~35 minutes of hard riding, but it turns out that’s what I did. What I tried to do today was just keep it steady. It massively helped that on the outbound leg of the journey I was helped … Read more

Weekly Review May 13th – 19th 2024

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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.  I’m happy enough with how the week went. As always I could have done … Read more

Hot and Sweaty Morning Activity

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I was chatting to someone at work yesterday and they said it was going to chuck it down all weekend. A bit disappointed I checked my weather app and saw that for us, up north, the weather looked fantastic. However, that did mean it would be roasting by dinner time. So I decided I would … Read more