Getting fit through indoor cycling
Waking at 6am, I had visions of me pulling my sorry backside out of bed and starting the day productively, with a brisk bike ride to get the blood flowing. However, the pull of the lovely warm bed, with its soft, loving duvet were too hard to resist. And whilst I didn’t get back to … Read more
A fairly easy end to a very recovery focused week today. This one being my first outdoor ride of the week, I managed to get a mostly dry run. It didn’t rain, but the ground was very wet and “spray-y” in parts. As such my bike got filthy. Such is life. Typically, once outdoors I … Read more
The plan today went out of the window. So much for the easy ride. I found myself setting a PR on Strava (but not on Garmin), on a local hill, along with a few other PR’s to boot. Silly. Why it’s silly is because I’m trying, really rather poorly, to rest up my right calf. … Read more
Well, I don’t know how I managed this one. Somehow it felt better than yesterday, but in roughly the same amount of time I’d done less distance and at a slower speed. What gives?! Frustratingly I am still feeling tenderness in the top of my right calf. That isn’t the excuse for today’s metrics, and … Read more
The aim this morning was simple: get out early and beat the heat. If I’m not mistaken today turned out to be yet another yearly record breaker, topping 27c here at its peak, or 34c in the kitchen when I was cooking tea. Absolutely nuts. Setting out, I followed a route I’ve done several times … Read more