Getting fit through indoor cycling
Here endeth the Tour! Through mismanagement of my part, I missed the entirety of Stage 5 proper, and so was left to take part in the catch up days. Fortunately Zwift have changed this up – and for the better. Rather than having specific days for each Stage as all previous Tours I remember, now … Read more
This afternoon I, begrudgingly, took part in Zwift’s Tour for All 2020: Stage 1 Longer Race. I competed in the D group, which displayed as the B group, and was for riders in the 1-3.1w/kg range. The really odd thing about the Tour For All 2020 is that Zwift have decided to totally change up … Read more
For this morning’s ride I resumed my “Sunday hard climb” routine, today opting for Zwift’s Alpe Du Zwift. I was somewhat surprised yesterday to realise it’s been 4 months since I last made this ascent. On my last attempt I made the climb in 1h 11m 44s, and my goal today was to do anything … Read more
For this evening’s ride I took on the Tour de Zwift: Stage 2 Race (Innsbruck) in category C. In short this is two laps of the Innsbruckring (8.8km) with ~70m of climb per lap courtesy of the “leg snapper”. Typically I would not choose to ride, let alone race at night. But due to some … Read more
As covered in last week’s weekly review, and mentioned several times over the last month or two, I really wanted to get an FTP test done and dusted before the end of 2019. My goal was to finish the year at, or ideally above 200w as an FTP. Given that I had a rest on … Read more