Tour de Zwift 2023 | Stage 1 | Longer Ride

Today was planned as a Zone 2 recovery-ish endurance ride. Probably on Tempus Fugit. Something nice and steady. And flat. Instead, off we went to Yorkshire, tackling the Royal Pump Room 8 route, which is basically the full Yorkshire map in both forward and reverse. All 28km and 480m of fun. Lovely. The reason I … Read more

Tour de Zwift 2022 Stage 7: Long Ride

Well… boy howdy, I am absolutely smashed. I mean, seven stages in, one left to go, my body hurts from the waist down. However, I am absolutely hitting new heights when it comes to personal performance, so on that front it’s massively, massively worthwhile. And I really do like that. All that said, today I … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: Workout 3 | Lactate Tolerance

Bit miffed at myself for skipping yesterday. Feeling good on Monday and Tuesday, I just couldn’t find it within myself to do much of anything yesterday. Today was about making up for that. I always knew I was going to the Workout #3 of the Zwift Academy 2021 as my next ride, and was hoping … Read more

50,000 Metres Above The Sea

Amazing. I managed to get a solid nights sleep last night. No waking up early. No waking up… at all. Just a good, uninterrupted sleep right through till the mid morning, which in my house means 8.20am. That doesn’t mean I woke up fresh and ready to go, however. I was rudely awoken by my … Read more