Getting fit through indoor cycling
You know when you get about 20 minutes into a ride, sufficiently far enough from your house that turning back feels like it would be giving up too soon, and that you probably spent more time getting ready for your ride than the actual ride so far… but you still strongly consider it? Well, that’s … Read more
Yesterday I made the commitment to hit the route I call the “Churchtown Loop Around“. This route is kinda like a Time Trial (TT) in that with the exception of one T-junction it’s just a full on, fairly flat route that has mostly decent tarmac and zero traffic lights. Straight up, I kinda regret saying … Read more
Wanting to get out at dinner time, that didn’t go quite to plan (work finds a way to interrupt!), so instead, I went out after work for a jolly up to Churchtown. Now, I’m not quite sure why it’s called Churchtown, as whilst there is a church, it’s not a big one, and it’s not … Read more
Given all the troubles I had indoors with The Sufferfest on Tuesday, I decided to head outdoors, what with the sun shining and all, and try and get in a proper, harder workout. I picked a route I have done several times before – one I call the Churchtown Looparound inside Garmin. This is a … Read more
Today’s ride was taken outdoors because, simply put, it’s a new nicest day of the year. Yesterday was nice, today was nicer. I repeated the circuit of yesterday, this time in reverse, and this time at less of an intensive pace. Today I aimed for ~2.8w/kg average, which meant a slower overall time and fewer … Read more