Commuter Chaos

Two choices: Go out in the late Monday morning rush hour, and get in my first ride of the week, or… Don’t ride today (because leaving it later would mean it’s too hot), and wait till Wednesday. As you might have guessed, I opted for number 1. At the time though, I hadn’t factored in … Read more

Bad Route Is Bad

Last night I figured I’d do something more tempo based today. The theory was that it would be too hot to go hard. Well, it turns out that it’s not that hot… yet, but it is humid. I was dripping wet, but there’s little sun to speak of. Setting off though, I wasn’t aware of … Read more

It’s About To Get Roasting

If you spend any time listening to or watching the news lately, or literally talking to any Brit, you cannot help hearing about the impending heat wave. Typically people will moan that the UK is never hot. Or we never get a summer. That is total BS, it’s just most of these people never leave … Read more

Hot, Sweaty, and Dead Legs

I’m not quite sure what goes wrong between strava and training peaks, but somewhere along the lines my metrics go a bit haywire. In order to keep track of my physical activity I primarily use strava, but when I exported yesterday’s walk out of there and imported the file into training peaks, somehow it thinks … Read more