Getting fit through indoor cycling
Today was supposed to be an easy ride. However, I left it a bit late and didn’t fancy a turbo session. Outdoor ‘recovery’ rides never work. When will I ever learn? So I set off with no real idea of where to go, but quickly decided I’d go around a bit of the Guild Wheel. … Read more
Slacking off yesterday, I figured I wasn’t really due another rest day today. Combine that with hearing my contract might very well about to be canned (long story, not my fault at least), and I figured what the heck, why not make the most of the rare sunny / dry spell, and get the heck … 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