Getting fit through indoor cycling
Tonight’s ride was the complete opposite of a Full Gas effort. It was my all time easiest ride, 60 minutes at 114w. Basically, I’m sat on a bike, I’m pedalling, but I’m not really doing much else. No elevated breathing, no surge in heart rate, and barely any sweat. It’s a life I could get … Read more
Phew, that was a fun one. And by fun, I mean hard and knackering. As I’ve covered a few times now in my weekly reviews, I never managed to complete the Zwift Academy 2020 due to illness. It’s been bugging me, and whilst I can’t finish it off in full, I can at least finish … Read more
It’s been a while. Four months, actually. But today I decided it had been long enough, and got back on with an SST session. This one would be taken at my new FTP, which I have actually forgotten what that figure is. Whatever it is, it meant riding at 210w off, and 225w on. Or … Read more
The weather person (or robot, probably) predicted a 90% chance of rain today, and I can unhappily confirm they were spot on. It’s rained for about 90% of the day. So no outdoors riding for me. It did stop, briefly, around 4pm – about the time I got on Zwift. But I didn’t fancy getting … Read more
Tonight should have been Stage 5 of the TdZ 2021 for me, but I missed the 4pm start time by ~5 minutes, unfortunately. I could have waited the full hour until the 5pm start time, but I’d just be killing time for the hour, unable to make tea because I’d be on the bike for … Read more