Getting fit through indoor cycling
Bad times. As covered before, I have been using a Gorilla Pod to mount my phone on my bike handlebars which I can then easily see the Zwift Companion App whilst riding. This makes it easy to take screenshots for this blog, along with quickly changing camera angles, giving ride ons, and stuff like that. … Read more
For tonight’s after work ride I got lucky – it was Innsbruck, one of my favourite maps. I opted for a climb, taking on the 2018 UCI Worlds Short Lap, a 23.6km route taking in both the Innsbruckring and Innsbruck KOM, a 7.4km climb with an average gradient of 5% over 400m. To begin with, … Read more
Well tonight’s ride was a strange one. Actually, today overall has been a bit of a strange one. Some work related stuff ended up consuming most of my day – but not the software development kind. Anyway, I don’t want to dwell on that. After last nights ride I wanted to get a good hour … Read more
It’s been 5 days now since I last rode on my bike. Five days since I really hurt my knee. Well, both knees. Bad times. Each day I’ve been waking up expecting either to feel better. But they haven’t. If anything, they’ve felt a bit worse. It seems a little foolish to have got back … Read more
With a nice warm up on the flats, I decided I was ready to hit the hills. Is it a fair comparison to do the Richmond KOM’s separately to the sprints? Normally I’ve only done these as part of the full UCI Worlds Circuit. Having hit Libby Hill KOM a few times now, I’m aware … Read more