Indoor Cycling – Weekly Review April 29th – May 5th 2019

Each week Zwift sends me an email summarising my activity for the week. For previous weekly reviews click here. Either something has gone wrong at Zwift’s end, or they have decided to drop the achievement / badges part of the email. Maybe this is a thing past level 10? Bit of a shame. This week … Read more

Recovery + Free Ride = Bad Idea

Yesterday I took on Zwift’s Mountain 8 route, involving ~600m of climb up both the Reverse Epic KOM and the Radio Tower. Today, ideally, I needed a more gentle recovery ride. My plan, such as it was, was to stick in the blue and green zones. At least, that was what I’d come up with … Read more

Strava: Why You No Volcano Circuits?

Sunday morning. Bank Holiday weekend. A time for a lie in, tea and toast in bed, followed by a lazy stroll to the petrol station to buy The Financial Times and check in on my stock portfolio. Well, alas, no. How about up at 6am with the kids asking if they can go watch TV, … Read more

Pawn Of the Mountain – Richmond is Hard!

I was expecting to ride London this morning, but had clearly not done my Zwift World Map homework, as today’s map is Richmond. Now, previously I have stated my dislike for Richmond, but in fairness, I have never given it a proper chance. What I really didn’t like about Richmond was the cobble sections. On … Read more