Cycling Outdoors

All the fun ones tonight: What else? Hmm. I don’t know. All I do know is it got to about 20 minutes in, I looked down, saw I’d done only 5km and thought… I’m really not enjoying this. Truthfully I only went out because I felt like I should, because it’s a long weekend. But … Read more

Pretty grim this one. Maybe don’t read if eating. OK, so it was a toss up today between going for a ride, going for a walk, or doing nothing. Immediately after yesterday’s ride I wasn’t thinking I’d be in the mood for another one so soon. But waking up at 6:30, by the time I’d … Read more

Bit of a disappointment this one. On the plus side, I found my Heart Rate Monitor. It had been helpfully tidied away by my youngest, shoved under an un-put-away pair of socks on the top end of the kitchen table. The end of the table no on ever sits at, and thanks to the layout … Read more

Feet still not right. Not right enough to walk on for any distance, anyway. Probably my walking boots are too big. I figure they must be the wrong size if they have done this much damage. Even cycling in my outdoor shoes causes horrible rubbing on the remaining blisters. Wild. But faced with either staying … Read more

I wanted to go for a walk this afternoon. However my feet hurt when I put on my boots, so I had to ‘settle’ for a bike ride instead. No bad thing, as such, but having done the FTP test on Thursday I’m still not in a rush to get back on and do … … Read more