Getting fit through indoor cycling
Honestly pretty shocked to have come back today to another FTP bump, and this time up by 4 watts. Really surprising. I don’t feel like I did much different today. But I did do a proper climb, which isn’t the primary one flagged up by Strava. For me it’s the Full Longridge Base to Jeffrey … Read more
Yeah, can’t complain today. No incidents, for once. And for the first time ever I’ve seen a +1 watt increase over on intervals.icu. That’s a platform I put a lot of trust into, and it’s definitely nice to see even a tiny gain in terms of FTP because it feels like the only movement on … Read more
Short and sweet update today. Good news: bike is washed. Bad news, I got soaked all round on an already fairly low effort and miserable ride. I couldn’t think where to go, and I knew it was due to rain. I wanted to be home before it began raining, but made a mess of that … Read more
Another night of terrible sleep. Stressed? Anxious? Just don’t need that many hours? Who knows. What that did mean is an early start for work. Which also meant an early finish for dinner. And that means less road traffic, in theory. I knew I would head up towards Beacon Fell area today. That much was … Read more
Well, today was … not great. I had to drop off some birthday cards, so my ride route involved various stop offs. Each one involved a short chat, so that meant less time for riding. But truthfully I wasn’t really in the mood anyway. That doesn’t stop me being disappointed with not even hitting 20km … Read more