Getting fit through indoor cycling
Right then. Yesterday, eldest had her covid isolation birthday party, for which she wanted curry for her tea. All good. Typically I tend to go a bit heavy on the ordering, but that’s because I get two meals out of it – tea, and then dinner the next day. Now, why is any of that … Read more
Given I’ve had the laziest bike week in recent memory (3 rest days), I figured I would do something a little more endurance related for today’s ride. I didn’t have a set route in mind at the point I was setting off, but decided I’d head out towards Longridge, and then see what happens. The … Read more
This ride turned into something bigger than it started out as. This was entirely unintentional, and just kinda happened on route. Setting off I meandered down the A6, looking to get in a good hours worth of riding, one way or another. With having yesterday as a rest day (and a curry and beer for … Read more
I’m not rightly sure what my objective was for today. Get outdoors, maybe? If so, goal achieved. Climb a hill? I climbed two, go me. Pass 1,000 calories? Yep, nailed that one, too. But this ride never felt strong at any point. A lot of this, I think, was to do with the weather. It … Read more
I haven’t done a real world hard climb in a while. I think the last one I did may have been Mellor brow, but that might be wrong (edit: in hindsight it would have been the Trough of Bowland climb). Certainly I can’t remember doing one as steep as the “short” way up Jeffrey Hill … Read more