50km

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Not for the first time in my cycling career, I accidentally “knackered up” my knee on my previous ride. This was entirely caused by either an adjustment I made to my left cleat position, or raising my saddle height by a centimeter. Or… both. Never make two changes at the same time. When will I … Read more

Zwift New Years Day Le Col Quarter Century Ride

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This morning I took part in Zwift’s New Years Day Le Col (Quarter) Century ride. This was a quarter imperial century, so ~40km rather than 25km. Even so, I had expected this to be a full metric century, so mentally was roughly somewhere in the zone to attempt / complete this ride. Not a bad … Read more

The Herd’s Thundering Turtles Endurance Ride (D)

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For today’s ride I opted for The Herd’s Thundering Turtles Endurance Ride, a 1.5 hour long group ride between 1.0 and 1.3 w/kg. I’ve mentioned several times in the past that I’d like to get more into group rides. For hour+ rides I definitely prefer having people around me to pace against, and talk too. … Read more

Zwift’s Bigger Loop – My First Epic KOM

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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