Getting fit through indoor cycling
Last night I figured I’d do something more tempo based today. The theory was that it would be too hot to go hard. Well, it turns out that it’s not that hot… yet, but it is humid. I was dripping wet, but there’s little sun to speak of. Setting off though, I wasn’t aware of … Read more
If you spend any time listening to or watching the news lately, or literally talking to any Brit, you cannot help hearing about the impending heat wave. Typically people will moan that the UK is never hot. Or we never get a summer. That is total BS, it’s just most of these people never leave … Read more
Tired. Tight thighs. Overall lack of ability. Possibly just old age. Well, honestly everything was put into perspective watching the pros climb the Alpe du H’uez on Stage 12 of the Tour de France. In the run up to the Alpe I was watching on the PC as the kids were hogging the TV, but … Read more
I’m not quite sure what goes wrong between strava and training peaks, but somewhere along the lines my metrics go a bit haywire. In order to keep track of my physical activity I primarily use strava, but when I exported yesterday’s walk out of there and imported the file into training peaks, somehow it thinks … Read more
The difference between an indoor ride and an outdoor ride is, for me, that I don’t necessarily know I’m going to do a climb when heading outdoors, versus having to pretty much choose e.g. The Alpe du Zwift from the menu when indoors. It was baking hot today. Still is, actually. So I wanted to … Read more