Getting fit through indoor cycling
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. I think I could summarise this week fairly quickly as: nothing outstanding, but steady … Read more
A new one on me today, a first climb of Zwift’s reproduction of Bealach na Bà, a Category 2 climb covering 632m of elevation over 9km at an average of 7%. One of the challenging parts of this climb is that the hardest part comes in the second half of the ride. At the half … Read more
Last week I thought we were done with racing on the Scottish roads. But alas no, I had clearly forgotten that a good week remained of August. Wishing my life away? For the fifth and final race of Zwift’s Race the Worlds series we would be taking on City and the Sgurr. It’s less city, … Read more
I’m really knackered. Not sure if it’s having ridden yesterday or what, but I was feeling it in the legs before I even started today. Not helped by Zwift crashing twice, meaning I spent ~10 minutes mucking around and rebooting before I even got the clock started. It seems odd to me that a walk … Read more
Allegedly it’s Summer. And specifically today it’s the late August Bank Holiday. Of course, I got soaked. Feeling like a good bike ride would set off my Bank Holiday Monday with a flourish, I was up and raring to go from 7.50, though after doing a round of coffees, making breakfast for the kids, making … Read more