Getting fit through indoor cycling
For tonight’s after work ride I got lucky – it was Innsbruck, one of my favourite maps. I opted for a climb, taking on the 2018 UCI Worlds Short Lap, a 23.6km route taking in both the Innsbruckring and Innsbruck KOM, a 7.4km climb with an average gradient of 5% over 400m. To begin with, … Read more
Well tonight’s ride was a strange one. Actually, today overall has been a bit of a strange one. Some work related stuff ended up consuming most of my day – but not the software development kind. Anyway, I don’t want to dwell on that. After last nights ride I wanted to get a good hour … Read more
With a nice warm up on the flats, I decided I was ready to hit the hills. Is it a fair comparison to do the Richmond KOM’s separately to the sprints? Normally I’ve only done these as part of the full UCI Worlds Circuit. Having hit Libby Hill KOM a few times now, I’m aware … Read more
This morning I took on the Richmond’s 2015 UCI Worlds Course, a 16.1km circuit with 157m of climb. I have ridden this course before, and on that attempt, I made some terrible mistakes on both climbs. I was hoping to put those issues to bed on this attempt. In some ways, Richmond’s UCI Worlds Course … Read more
On Tuesday night, I set about trying to figure out if my recent performances have been going sideways (rather than upwards) due to new pedals / shoes. After a bit of mucking around, I thought I’d sussed out how to pedal “properly” in shoes with clips / cleats, whatever the correct terminology would be. In … Read more