Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride: Stage 1 – Three Little Sisters (Longer)

Hmm. So today’s plan was pretty simple. My usual Saturday rides as of late are, ideally, harder climbing rides. However for October (and probably a bit of November), I want to use the Saturday ride to take on the Longer variant of the week’s Tour of Watopia 2023 rides. With a usual Saturday ride being … Read more

Race Watopia: Stage 1 – Beach Island Loop

When I woke up this morning I felt thrashed already. Not a great nights sleep. Up every 3 hours for no good reason. However it wasn’t the bad sleep that had me not wanting to do today’s race. It was how my legs felt this morning after yesterday’s Stage 1 ride on the Tour of … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride: Stage 1 – Figure 8 (Standard)

Confusing. This is the second Tour of Watopia 2023. I had forgotten this, but then I was wondering what to call the category to put all these new posts under, and it turns out I already have a Tour of Watopia 2023 category. But apparently this is different. This is Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride. … Read more

Ugh… Late Afternoon & Late For Meetings

I don’t particularly like running. Never have. Probably never will. Yet each fortnight, at work, we have the end of our two week sprint. I don’t really know why we call them sprints, when you cannot possibly go hell for leather for such a prolonged period of time. Just try it on the bike. Do … Read more

Zwift Get Rolling: Stage 4 – R.G.V (B)

Right then. Where to begin? The bike is back. Hurrah. It’s been three days since the bike went away, and three days since the FTP test. I’ve been out on a few short walks but by and large I feel rested.  And the bike is chock full of new shiny goodness, thoroughly serviced and aside … Read more