Getting fit through indoor cycling
A new route for me today, and a longer one than usual also. Clocking in at ~52km, the Eastern Eight loop sees a full traversal of Titan’s Grove, Fuego Flats, and Ocean Boulevard in both directions. I went into this one with the idea of taking it at a slightly lower pace, as I am … Read more
OK, a tiring one again today, but mostly of my own making. Aiming to keep to FTP for this one, mainly as a personal test to see what I am really capable of over the hour. And it turns out, yet again to be a fairly disappointing figure. At least, comparatively. It looks like my … Read more
Hmm. So today’s plan was pretty simple. My usual Saturday rides as of late are, ideally, harder climbing rides. However for October (and probably a bit of November), I want to use the Saturday ride to take on the Longer variant of the week’s Tour of Watopia 2023 rides. With a usual Saturday ride being … Read more
The aim of this ride was to just about tick over into tempo, or be at the higher end of endurance. Typically my Saturday rides as of late have been harder climbing rides. I’ve not fared particularly well on those, but that wasn’t the reason for today’s swap. The idea today was simply to take … Read more
Things haven’t gone to plan this week. Perhaps I have pushed myself a little too hard over the proceeding two weeks, or perhaps I was a little over cautious this week. The gist of it is that on Monday I had sore knees. Knees that felt like if I did any activity on them, I … Read more