Getting fit through indoor cycling
An outdoor ride, at lunch time, in late November. I’ll take it. Conditions outside looked dry. Cold, for sure. But dry. And of course, as soon as I set off it started to drizzle. Boo. Not to be deterred I had a plan in mind. I’d try and do a 20 minute effort. An FTP … Read more
Yesterday should have been an outdoor ride. Heck, it should have been a lot of things… but work got in the way. I started at 7:30 (yes, on a Saturday) and worked right through till 21:30… what a day. Sucks, because I looked out of the window early on, about 10:30 and thought: you know … Read more
Whilst not as nice as yesterday – I think it rained over night – today was still “good enough” for an outdoor ride. Fairly warm, no wind (hurrah!), a little wet and slippery but not enough to put me off. What nearly did stop everything was that I couldn’t find any clean kit. After much … Read more
Well, it turns out the weather is good this weekend. Amazing, rain rain rain all week, then today and, apparently, tomorrow are sunny and (comparatively) warm (13c), and then rain starts again Monday. I will take it! Thinking I’d be inside this weekend, I wasn’t prepared for an outdoor ride. Without a route in mind, … Read more
Sunday morning outdoor bike rides. It’s what the world was made for. Looking out of the curtains, my first task of the day, I saw dry concrete. Great success! Whilst drinking my morning’s cup of coffee, what I noticed when I looked a little more closely was just how windy it looked outside. Blowing sideways. … Read more