Getting fit through indoor cycling
Yesterday I missed the start of the Tour De Zwift 2021 – Stage 5: Longer Ride by about 5 minutes. Today I made it by 3 seconds. Due to some work related meeting mix ups, I anticipated hitting this ride at 2pm. As it was, a meeting I’d worked my day around got cancelled, and … Read more
It’s a jolly long while since I have climbed Box Hill, so when I saw Stage 4 included a smash up the climb, I figured what the heck? What a great way to spend my final week day ride of, well, the week. This route was listed as “the shorter ride”, but had more climbing … Read more
Well them, Stage 4 of the Tour de Zwift 2021 is already upon us, and frankly it couldn’t be as demanding as Stage 3. With only a day off since riding the Alpe, I have to say I was feeling a bit knackered going into this one, but generally I did about as well as … Read more
Tough choice between the Alpe du Zwift (standard ride) and some variant of Mont Ventoux for the longer ride. You know things are nuts when the Alpe seems like a more approachable effort. Anyway, such were the thoughts pretty much plaguing me ever since I spotted Stage 3 was the Alpe on Tuesday night earlier … Read more
Almost as unplanned as my first Tour de Zwift 2021 ride, I didn’t realise Stage 2 started today, so once I’d spotted it was available, it took precedence as to what to ride today. Today’s course was Richmond. Bit confusing, this one billed as “the longer ride”, yet the two shorter rides have over 100m … Read more