Getting fit through indoor cycling
Today’s ride turned out to be more epic than I’d planned. The route seemed fairly straightforward. Long stretch out on the A-road, then turn off, a fairly long and grinding climb, and turn back for home and it was largely all down hill on the way back. Ahead of this one I’d deliberately thrown in … Read more
This afternoon I took part in Zwift’s L’Etape du Tour Stage 1, which was a single lap of the “Mountain Route”. Or more simply, a climb up the Epic KOM and radio tower climb, then back home to finish in downtown Watopia. In truth I probably wouldn’t have done this one today had it not … Read more
Continuing with my “think positive” mindset, I was genuinely looking forward to attacking the Innsbruck Forward KOM today. So much so that I skipped yesterday in order to put in an effort on that map in particular. My plan today was to go hard on the KOM. I figured I could use it as an … Read more
Think positive. That was the mantra for today’s ride. I hadn’t realised it was as sunny as it was until my sister in law came round at dinner time and we sat outside for a chat. Checking the forecast showed it was 21c (and it felt it) and whilst a thunderstorm loomed, it was a … Read more
Woah nelly, did I misjudge this one. It started out as a pretty straightforward ride. But that climb up Mellor Brow was absolutely no joke. It’s really unfortunate that I didn’t get a video of it, as it is pretty hard to describe with words. When at the bottom I was almost going to try … Read more