Ride Report

Zwift Bambino Fondo #1 – January 2020

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For this afternoon’s ride I took part in Zwift’s Bambino Fondo #1 – January 2020. Apparently there are going to be three such rides, so if you missed this one then good times await in both February and March. I had planned to ride this one at the 9:10am start, but due to a bit … Read more

Testing Out The Harder Stuff

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For this afternoon’s ride I took on Emily’s Short Mix. This is the first time I’ve done a harder workout at my new FTP, so went into this one feeling a little apprehensive. How hard would it be, compared to previous attempts? I know Emily’s Short Mix is a series of ramps. And I know … Read more

10-12wk FTP Builder Week 4 Day 2

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For tonight’s ride I went with something slightly different, though still in the same vein as usual with the FTP Builder rides. This was a fairly low intensity ride, though a bit beyond the usual long blue zone segments. To be honest, I just wanted a bit of variety, and ideally, to hit 30km in … Read more

Zwift New Years Day Le Col Quarter Century Ride

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This morning I took part in Zwift’s New Years Day Le Col (Quarter) Century ride. This was a quarter imperial century, so ~40km rather than 25km. Even so, I had expected this to be a full metric century, so mentally was roughly somewhere in the zone to attempt / complete this ride. Not a bad … Read more

Etape du Tour 2018 – Col de Romme

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For this morning’s ride I took on Tacx Software’s Etape du Tour 2018 – Col de Romme. This is a 16km ride, of which I think somewhere between 10 and 11km of the distance is uphill. There’s 835m of marked climb, but about 875m in the ride in total. The average gradient for this one … Read more