Getting fit through indoor cycling
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
The longer rides on the Tour de Zwift 2023 are absolutely brutal. I’ve not even dared look at what’s in store for Stage 4, because thoughts ahead of Stage 3 were all consuming. La Reine. A route no one rides through choice. The last time I took this on was in 2020 and honestly, it … Read more
The penultimate day of the Advent of Cycling 2022 is upon us, and for this one I almost did another Zwift ride. But even with a bad weather warning looming, I opted to go out for a change instead. Unsure where I would end up – but knowing it wouldn’t be Preston town centre – … Read more
Quite the mouthful of a title today. And a new route, I think, for me. That said, I have done Fox Hill before, but it’s been a while. Whilst doing some pre-ride research into the London Loop Reverse, I found out this is an event only route. It has occurred to me on many an … Read more