Getting fit through indoor cycling
Each week Zwift sends me an email summarising my activity for the week. For previous weekly reviews click here. A big win for me this week was in switching from riding later in the day back to riding earlier in the morning. I feel better for getting my exercise in as soon as I wake … Read more
This morning I took on the Richmond’s 2015 UCI Worlds Course, a 16.1km circuit with 157m of climb. I have ridden this course before, and on that attempt, I made some terrible mistakes on both climbs. I was hoping to put those issues to bed on this attempt. In some ways, Richmond’s UCI Worlds Course … Read more
With the UK undergoing something of a (likely global warming inspired) heatwave this week, I thought I’d raise my internal temperature to match with a pre-tea jolly up the Volcano. Opting for the Whole Lotta Lava circuit, which is a new route to me. It’s billed as alternate laps of the Volcano Circuit and trips … Read more
I wasn’t sure if I’d get on the bike today. Over the weekend I rode the Giro d’Italia and Stage 5 of the Tour of Watopia: Tempus Fugit. As such, I was pretty knackered. And yesterday evening, my legs certainly felt pretty tender. I set the alarm clock for 7.30 this morning, but when it … Read more
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