Advent of Cycling – Day 4 – After Worky Thirty

Typically I don’t ride Fridays, though I’m not precious about it. I used to enjoy an outdoor Friday night ride during the summer sun. But those days seem a long, looong time ago right now. As it is, I probably wouldn’t have ridden tonight, were it not for my personal Advent of Cycling challenge I … Read more

Advent of Cycling – Day 3 – Up To Tempo

Day 3 of my made up Advent Of Cycling, and today I went for a dinner time tempo session. After some chatter with my wife yesterday, it seemed like she was under the assumption I’d be pushing a bit harder now – given it was two to three weeks ago that we were both smacked … Read more

Advent of Cycling – Day 1 – Spinner Time

Due to me forgetting that Tuesdays are fairly busy days at work, I started at my regular time but realised my final meeting of the day went on well passed my bed clocking-off time. With that in mind I figured no big deal, I’d do an hour on the bike during my dinner break. Or … Read more

Throat Punch

Felt fine Thursday. Took a rest day yesterday. Felt good all day, so decided to push the intensity up a notch. Using one of the FTP Builder workouts I’ve done before that goes through some ramps from recovery, through endurance, and up to tempo. Or, in terms I understand, from grey to blue to green. … Read more