Getting fit through indoor cycling
A new route for me today, and a longer one than usual also. Clocking in at ~52km, the Eastern Eight loop sees a full traversal of Titan’s Grove, Fuego Flats, and Ocean Boulevard in both directions. I went into this one with the idea of taking it at a slightly lower pace, as I am … Read more
Onwards to Stage 2, where this year’s Longer Ride would be tackling Richmond in reverse, not once, not twice, but thrice. Yes, whoever has decided on courses and routes this year is something of a sadist. Going into this one I knew one thing, and one thing only: that a lap of Richmond, forwards or … Read more
Straight up, the mistake today was not route planning. I said yesterday that the plan for today was to do a 50km ride. Well, I can tick that one off. But because I’d not got a route in my Garmin, I was a bit lost at times. I knew roughly where I was, but I … Read more
Spooky happenings out there on the mean streets of Preston. Apparently when on the bike I am invisible to trucks, cars, and coaches. That would make the several ridiculous circumstances that happened to me, all within the first thirty minutes of my ride, far easier to explain. But lets not dwell on morons in metal … Read more
Finally, a decent long ride in the legs. And without any pain or whatever to concern myself with. For all the lack of pain though I was caught out a bit by the tiredness. By about 30km I was really feeling it today. The last 20km were a total slog. Perhaps plotting a 50km route … Read more