Getting fit through indoor cycling
This evening I took part in the 5pm Team Dimension Data Zwift Academy Race, taking on 1 lap of Watopia Hilly route. As I had a free afternoon, I was able to be fairly comfortable with my timings. I started out with a ~20 minute warmup on Watopia Flat, aiming to stick around 120w – … Read more
For today’s ride I opted for week 6 day 2 of Zwift’s FTP Builder program. I had expected to be racing this evening, but for two reasons that was not the case. Firstly there was no Zwift Academy race in a suitable time slot for me. And secondly my legs haven’t really felt up to … Read more
Tonight was my first ride on Zwift’s new Yorkshire / Harrogate circuit, where I took party in the Zwiftcast Recon Ride. This ride was very well attended – 300+ people – which is about half as many as last night’s recon ride (which I didn’t attend). Also this ride was covering the Yorkshire circuit in … Read more
I don’t know how it keeps happening, but I keep getting trolled by these Zwift Academy 2019 workouts. I look at the schedule, I feel overly confident, and then by the end I am dead as a dodo. I opted to take part in workout #6 – Chase the Breakaway – on Watopia. The current … Read more
Each week Zwift sends me an email summarising my activity for the week. For previous weekly reviews click here. After a week off Zwift (but not off the bike) last week, it felt good to get in a solid week this week. All in I did 140km over ~4:45 of riding. This equated to ~2500 … Read more