Getting fit through indoor cycling
Tired today. Not helped by the return of the muggy heat, spiking my room temperature to a frothy 28c average during this ride. The sweat was real. It was only a few minutes into this SST session that I remembered my plan had been to do another of the Climb Portal rides today. The thing … Read more
A little late in to the week, and definitely feeling this one in the legs even before I got underway, we set off on Zwift’s July 2023 racing series, this month titled “Beach Party”. For Stage 1 we were tackling three laps of Fine and Sandy. At some point earlier this week I was sure … Read more
Keeping to the routine, today was an endurance / base building ride. Nice and easy after a more intensive SST session yesterday, sitting at 170w for 6 minutes, with a 1 minute breather at 120w between. With an 8 minute warm up and a 5 minute cooldown these ones can feel like they take the … Read more
Tuesday used to be race day. I think for the foreseeable future it’s going to switch to SST day. This should mean it’s SST Tuesday (Sweet Spot Tuesday, got a nice ring to it), then an endurance ride on Wednesday / tomorrow, with the weekly race then taking place on a Thursday. I feel this … Read more
In a word: windy. Particularly on the outbound leg of this ride, I was cycling pretty much head on into the wind. At one point there was a strong enough gust to blow me off course. The rest of the time it was mainly just doing its best to keep me moving as if through … Read more