New Years Revolutions

A week off the bike. Actually, just a little bit over. And boy, did I pay for that today? Turns out that sitting around in your dressing gown eating chocolate, mince pies, and drinking booze is not conducive to making exercise any easier. I wasn’t going easy on myself today. With a full week’s rest … Read more

Zwift Academy 2023 – Workout #4: Long | Fast Twitch HIIT

My week’s a bit messed up. Thursday is usually race day, but due to sore calves earlier in the week I took a light ride Tuesday, a ‘recovery’ walk yesterday, and then today I felt like I would be making a mistake by racing, so did the Zwift Academy 2023 Workout #4 instead. It probably … Read more

Fore!

After Saturday’s ride I had some bad cramp just as we hit the cool down. It was the kind of cramp that feels like I have a golf ball lodged under my skin, trying to burst out. A bit like Alien… except, as I say, with golf balls. I didn’t really think much of it, … Read more

Zwift Academy 2023 – Workout #3: Long | The Finisher

Workout #3 in Zwift Academy 2023 is sort of a variation on Workout #1. Both workouts focus on the 30 second, and 2 minute max efforts. And when I saw this in the Event screen on Zwift, I was thinking … oh, I didn’t much enjoy Workout #1. It was hard. Well, good news! Workout … Read more