Getting fit through indoor cycling
After a couple of rest days, this morning I took on Innsbruck’s Forward KOM for the first time. I have to say, I was really looking forward to this climb. So much so that I got up early to fit it in before work. I hadn’t planned on taking two rest days this week. At … 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
There are a number of climbs in Zwift, but I couldn’t find an ordered list of climbs ranked by climbing category. So I pulled all the info I could find together into this page. Zwift’s “Trainer Difficulty” Setting Before going further I should state that this is not about how to change the Trainer Difficulty … Read more
Today’s ride was on Zwift’s Bigger Loop, a 53km jaunt taking in Fuego Flat, the Epic KOM climb, a zip around the Jungle, and then back to Watopia town centre for tea and crumpets. This wasn’t my first ever 50km+ ride. It was my second 🙂 It was, however, my first category 2 climb. Previously … Read more
For a change I managed to get on the bike at dinner time (lunch time to posh people) today, which was definitely nicer for my sleep schedule than an early morning ride. And definitely more peaceful than an evening ride. Mostly I sat watching a movie (Once upon a time in Hollywood) rather than paying … Read more