recovery

Deer-y Me

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Truthfully I couldn’t be bothered this morning. Were it not for a Strava challenge (Band of Climbers It’s Only a Hill) I might not have even bothered today. However, I knew I had ~60m left to meet the goal and only one day to make it, so why not? I guess that’s one of the … Read more

Sunday Spin

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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

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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

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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

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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