Getting fit through indoor cycling
My legs have not fully recovered from Tuesday’s trip up the fells and other walking activities. I’ve got a terrible blister on my little toe which, if I didn’t wander round in my socks for most of the day, would be awfully uncomfortable. And then yesterday I took part in the “dad’s race” at my … Read more
Wow. Crazy day. Not going to go into it in any great depth as frankly I’m mentally exhausted. But I have accepted a new role, not the one I accepted last week – the one that had been giving me serious anxiety from thereafter – and am very happy with how things turned out. It … Read more
Oh mercy. So yesterday I went on something of a hike. Not one for climbing fells, I am today paying the price. Not so much as I might be doing were it not for the bike, but clearly going up hills on foot uses some different leg muscles to a similar activity on the bike. … Read more
Yesterday I did a few hill repeats, but felt like I’d rather just do a proper ‘straight up’ climb. I guess it’s a different approach required for both, but for me, I have always preferred finding a rhythm and sticking with it, rather than doing short sharp efforts. However, Skynet may disagree. Anyway, I planned … Read more
The weather is a bit nuts here. It was scheduled to rain this weekend, and when I woke this morning it was grim. The sound of cars passing with that tell tale splashing sound was all too audible. But by lunch time it had cleared up pretty much completely. And by 4pm the sun was … Read more