Getting fit through indoor cycling
Oooooh, now this one has taken it out of me, and no mistake. Yes, I had in mind I might do the 9am ride. Hah. Even though I woke up at 8am prompt, I had the general feeling of anxiety about the effort ahead that only two hours could stand any chance of calming. Plenty … Read more
Right then, off we go with the Tour de Zwift for 2022. Straight up, I wanted to do the longer ride. That’s the ~50km / two laps of France Route Grand Vitesse (RGV) ride. However, I thought we had way longer per Stage than we do. It turns out Stage 1 ends today, pretty much. … Read more
First time doing Zwift’s 10-12wk FTP Builder Week 5 Day 1 at 160w today. This is a workout I do fairly frequently as a laid back recovery ride. It’s at the very bottom of a zone 2 / endurance / blue zone ride for me. For as long back as I can remember I’ve been … Read more
The other day I decided to ramp test myself. It’s a fallacy really, as I said at the time. There’s no way, in my admittedly uneducated mind, that a ramp test can accurately determine your FTP. For that you need either the 20 minute test, or more preferably (imho) the 4DP test. But here’s the … Read more
Alas, some technical issues today. Worked those out post ride, but it meant I wasn’t able to establish a reliable connection on the Zwift app to get consistent screenshots. The reasoning for this is that I had network issues on Friday and having reset one of the WiFi extenders, it had split the network – … Read more