recovery
Sunday Spin
Nice and easy today, just enjoying the sunshine if not the fairly low temps. Still, the promise of Spring is here. After yesterday’s big ride I wanted to get a few extra kilometres in the legs, but only to spin them out. Fresh air and a nice end to the week, you’ve got to enjoy … Read more
Snap Goes The Gear Cable
This morning’s ride was intended to be a gentle recovery spin. I wanted to get out for an hour or so, pootle around, putting in no real effort, just spinning out the legs nice and easy. By and large, that went well. After yesterday’s ride my legs were definitely tired, and for the first twenty … Read more
Not Done That In A While
Some of my favourite or most memorable rides have been those taken after work. There’s something so freeing about getting out on to the quiet evening roads, in the sun, bib shorts and short sleeve jersey, topping up the tan and getting in a solid workout. Tonight wasn’t really any of that. But it was … Read more
The Thinnest Of Thin Ice
Perhaps not the most ideal conditions for an outdoor ride today. But I needed to get out. Besides, I figured I would only be going slow, so the risks of coming undone were probably fairly minuscule. Anyway, within less than ten minutes of setting off, I’d felt the back wheel slipping out from under me … Read more