Getting fit through indoor cycling
Today’s ride was the 8th and final stage of the Tour de Zwift 2021. Essential this was five laps of the London Classique circuit, but the official Zwift description says it better than I can: Leave the trees behind and pedal towards the concrete jungles of Stage 8: Urban Routes. London, New York, and France … Read more
I hadn’t planned on doing Stage 6 of the Tour de Zwift 2021 today. Instead, I was planning a bit of a light / recovery ride. However, today turned out to be the last day that Stage 6 was available, so it’s a jolly good thing I checked before choosing my ride, otherwise I would … Read more
The secret, it seems, to keeping warm on an outdoor ride in the middle of winter is to wear several layers. But there is one area that lacks layers. Take a look at what I was wearing today, and you see if there’s something I’m missing: Helmet, hood, sunglasses – protect the noggin, keep the … Read more
For tonight’s ride I continued on with the Zwift Academy 2020 series, this time with workout 4 – taken as a group ride – and covering Anaerobic Resilience. I’m sure you know exactly what this means, as did I, so I won’t bother explaining. Arf. Anaerobic power is what you need for short explosive efforts … Read more
Continuing with my “think positive” mindset, I was genuinely looking forward to attacking the Innsbruck Forward KOM today. So much so that I skipped yesterday in order to put in an effort on that map in particular. My plan today was to go hard on the KOM. I figured I could use it as an … Read more