Getting fit through indoor cycling
Tired. Tight thighs. Overall lack of ability. Possibly just old age. Well, honestly everything was put into perspective watching the pros climb the Alpe du H’uez on Stage 12 of the Tour de France. In the run up to the Alpe I was watching on the PC as the kids were hogging the TV, but … Read more
I’m not quite sure what goes wrong between strava and training peaks, but somewhere along the lines my metrics go a bit haywire. In order to keep track of my physical activity I primarily use strava, but when I exported yesterday’s walk out of there and imported the file into training peaks, somehow it thinks … 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. An interesting week, all told. Whilst not covered (because this is only about cycling … Read more
The difference between an indoor ride and an outdoor ride is, for me, that I don’t necessarily know I’m going to do a climb when heading outdoors, versus having to pretty much choose e.g. The Alpe du Zwift from the menu when indoors. It was baking hot today. Still is, actually. So I wanted to … Read more
My legs have not fully recovered from Tuesday’s trip up the fells and other walking activities. I’ve got a terrible blister on my little toe which, if I didn’t wander round in my socks for most of the day, would be awfully uncomfortable. And then yesterday I took part in the “dad’s race” at my … Read more