Getting fit through indoor cycling
Another trip around the Flat Route. Or, well, two trips. It’s been a disjointed week of riding days, starting Monday instead of Tuesday, then having yesterday ‘off’ as I had to go away for the day with work. As it happens, 5h 45m in the car on top of a day of work is not … Read more
OK, a tiring one again today, but mostly of my own making. Aiming to keep to FTP for this one, mainly as a personal test to see what I am really capable of over the hour. And it turns out, yet again to be a fairly disappointing figure. At least, comparatively. It looks like my … Read more
Not the ride I wanted to do today. For work reasons, I had to start early this morning. Then someone booked me in a meeting for 12:45. As I’m away on Wednesday with work, I wanted to do my first Zwift ride today so as not to mess up the week. Ideally that would have … Read more
I’m a little late posting this one. About a month ago I made the decision to upgrade most of the components on the bike. I’m still riding the stock entry level Specialized Allez I bought back in 2019. The only changes I had made were: Everything else remained as it was the day I bought … 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. Last week’s review coincided with the end of Quarter 3, so that one was … Read more