Getting fit through indoor cycling
Waking at 6am, I had visions of me pulling my sorry backside out of bed and starting the day productively, with a brisk bike ride to get the blood flowing. However, the pull of the lovely warm bed, with its soft, loving duvet were too hard to resist. And whilst I didn’t get back to … Read more
A fairly easy end to a very recovery focused week today. This one being my first outdoor ride of the week, I managed to get a mostly dry run. It didn’t rain, but the ground was very wet and “spray-y” in parts. As such my bike got filthy. Such is life. Typically, once outdoors I … Read more
One hundred kilometres. My weekly cycling goal. And also considerably easier to do indoors than out. But whatever, today I passed 100km for the week. All the rides this week have been low stress. That’s low training stress, and low thought on my part, too. All have been FTP Builder endurance rides. Block after block … Read more
This new job of mine certainly likes a late afternoon meeting. I’m all about starting early, and finishing early. I like to start at 7.30, and finish at 4. It winds me up when I have to attend a meeting either at 4, or one that runs past 4. Dammit, that’s my cycling time. Anyway, … Read more
Rain persisted for the second day in a row, so indoors I stayed, and on Zwift I once again ventured. No bad thing, truth be told, as although these endurance sessions are quite boring, they are the exact kind of lighter riding that I need to help my calf with recovery. Firing up Zwift today … Read more