Getting fit through indoor cycling
Somewhat disappointingly, I only managed to get out on the bike after 5pm today. I started early, and finished late. The perfect chump employee. Well, I’m not an employee, I guess that’s what makes it worse. I only get paid for my 8 hours regardless of whether I go over, and this week I’ve gone … 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
This afternoon I got outdoors for the first ride of the week, heading up to local climb of note Jeffrey Hill. This one isn’t steep as much as it is fairly long. It’s a decent climb all the same and the descent is all the more enjoyable for it. I was expecting to get wet … Read more