Getting fit through indoor cycling
I rarely chose to do climbing rides when I’m left to my own devices. Usually I’ll opt for structured workouts so it doesn’t really matter what the terrain is showing on screen, I just pootle along at the target wattage as instructed. During these Tour of Whatever rides though, I seem to find myself going … Read more
This one has taken it out of me, pretty much as expected. My standard ride length is anything up to an hour. Anything over that and usually I notice a drop off in pace. But I knew this one was going to be a long ride. 70km, pretty much. With 700m of climb. I think … Read more
Oof, a nasty one today. One that caught me out. I have definitely completed the London Loop route before, but the gotcha on this race was that it was 1.5 laps… so we hit Box Hill twice. I’d had a dental appointment this morning so it wasn’t like I hadn’t had time to do a … Read more
Having hurt my knee climbing up Mount Ventoux on Stage 3, here we are 11 days later and I’m only just about back up to speed – not quite, but close enough. The plan today was to complete the Longer Ride, but not at max pace. I had in mind ~220w on the flats and … Read more
Stage 5 of this years Tour de Zwift saw us move over to New York, and on the Longer Ride today we were tackling the Everything Bagel route. I’m pretty sure that means all the roads in both directions, but I could be wrong. With my knee still not right, I was nevertheless drawn to … Read more