Getting fit through indoor cycling
An outdoor ride with no time pressure, fairly nice weather and a lot of lovely countryside scenery. What’s not to like? Well, there were a couple of fails thrown in today. Those were the bits I didn’t like. I’d plotted a new route on the Garmin. The last week or so has been about recovery, … 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. The good news was I got back on the bike after a couple of … Read more
A new route for me today, and a really nice bike ride at that. Was it the perfect route for a road bike? No, not really. But it was a good all round route for any bike. Having never been out towards Much Hoole / Bretherton / the south of Leyland, I was pleasantly surprised … Read more
Finally, a decent long ride in the legs. And without any pain or whatever to concern myself with. For all the lack of pain though I was caught out a bit by the tiredness. By about 30km I was really feeling it today. The last 20km were a total slog. Perhaps plotting a 50km route … Read more
Another day, another outdoor ride. And I was better prepared for it today. At an average of 19c it was definitely warm enough to drop a layer, though as I was expecting to take it easy still, I opted for long sleeve base layer, a summer friendly long sleeve jersey, a gilet and bib shorts. … Read more