Getting fit through indoor cycling
Good news. A bike ride where I neither got wet, nor nearly killed. Ahh, how I have missed the turbo trainer. No. Genuinely. I think it massively helps that Zwift has noticeably improved in my absence. Whilst fundamentally still the same, there were several areas I could tell some dev effort had been spent. There’s … Read more
A ride of two halves today. A filthy ride at that. Heading out, I wanted to do a 20 minute max effort and then after that, take it easy. Things started fine enough, albeit a bit rainy. Only light drizzle, not enough to make me put on my rain jacket. As I got out on … Read more
Well, so much for this one being a tempo ride. It was supposed to be, but not realising what ranges my numbers are, this one somehow was predominantly Threshold. I’m not unhappy about this. I went out to give myself a longer, harder ride – not a max effort, but definitely aiming for a brisk … Read more
Well, it was inevitably really. I knew if I kept hitting my little TT loop that sooner or later I’d end up with my 20 minute effort disturbed by road traffic. Today it happened twice. Once due to a truck coming at a junction. I had to come to a stop for that, but because … Read more
Each week I try to review and reflect on my previous week on the bike. This allows me to see how my fitness and ability is progressing on a wider timescale than day to day. For previous weekly reviews please click here. I don’t think I’ve ever hit 7 hours total riding time in a single … Read more