Cycling Outdoors

Whilst not a 20 minute PB today, I did manage a 30 minute PB, which definitely shows improvement in my fitness. Really happy with that. I worked for it for sure. I didn’t have a ride plan in mind when heading out, but usually once warmed up I try for a solid 20 minute effort. … Read more

Jeepers. 30 to 40kph winds today, and when they blew, boy did they make themselves known. That was a pretty tough ride when facing the head wind, not helped by me stamping the pedals too hard very early in the ride to avoid oncoming traffic, all before I’d warmed up. From then on I had … Read more

One thing I’ve been doing before my rides lately, rather than after, is to have my protein shake. The reason for this is that by late morning I’m hungry, but I don’t like to eat before I ride. That just leads to a bad time. So instead I’ve started having my milkshake (raspberry, very nice) … Read more

Gravel was the name of the game today. Not deliberately, just some terrible road choices. Some flooded, but most gravel, or horribly broken apart, or both. That’s what you get for going down country lanes, I suppose. On the plus side I think I am still finding new roads out there that I have never … Read more

If I can take one thing from today it’s that, according to Intervals.icu, I am currently at my highest fitness level in… well, a while. I know that I don’t have my all time stats in the app, but of the data I do have – about 6 months – I have today hit my … Read more