Getting fit through indoor cycling
Something of a mixed bag today. I had a banging headache all morning, not helped by staring at computers, being stuck in a stuffy office, and then having endless meetings. More of that tomorrow, sadly. Rather than spend yet another hour staring at the screen over lunch, I decided to go outdoors and do an, … Read more
If the weather forecast is to be believed, it’s raining now solidly until this time next week. In fact, Saturday is predicted to be something of a flood. So, rather than miss out on an outdoor ride this week, I picked the last day with the sun still shining to take my riding outdoors. But … Read more
The Sunday morning easy ride. It wasn’t 100% dry this morning but the overnight humidity (or other mystery weather factor) had worked enough magic to dry most of the roads sufficiently. With all the other higher intensity rides during the week now I feel absolutely no guilt in doing whatever the heck I like on … Read more
In a word: windy. Particularly on the outbound leg of this ride, I was cycling pretty much head on into the wind. At one point there was a strong enough gust to blow me off course. The rest of the time it was mainly just doing its best to keep me moving as if through … Read more
After yesterday I felt a sense of relief when going out for my ride today. No pressure. Sure, yesterday was by no means anything to be happy about, but it felt good not to have the looming pressure of an FTP test hanging over me. I went out this morning with no plan in mind. … Read more