Getting fit through indoor cycling
In much the same way as yesterday I really didn’t want to get out of bed this morning. Being rudely awoken three times in the night by my kids, I was in no mood to get up “early” and get my backside on the bike. Part of the reasoning for not wanting to jump on … Read more
On Tuesday night, I set about trying to figure out if my recent performances have been going sideways (rather than upwards) due to new pedals / shoes. After a bit of mucking around, I thought I’d sussed out how to pedal “properly” in shoes with clips / cleats, whatever the correct terminology would be. In … Read more
This ride was probably a mistake. Perhaps I could have ridden ~25km, but I should have gone on a flat. Tomorrow morning, 9am, I have Stage 6 of the Tour of Watopia, and honestly, I feel pretty rough after this one. A rest day would almost certainly have been a better idea. It might have … Read more
Finally, the Rock has come back… Wait no, that’s not it. Finally, the PC has been delivered, set up, Windows has been installed and updated, Zwift has been installed, and… *drum roll* I can ride on something that doesn’t look like Minecraft. I’m not going to harp on about the graphics, but the difference is … Read more
Yesterday I took on Zwift’s Mountain 8 route, involving ~600m of climb up both the Reverse Epic KOM and the Radio Tower. Today, ideally, I needed a more gentle recovery ride. My plan, such as it was, was to stick in the blue and green zones. At least, that was what I’d come up with … Read more