Getting fit through indoor cycling
This one has taken it out of me, pretty much as expected. My standard ride length is anything up to an hour. Anything over that and usually I notice a drop off in pace. But I knew this one was going to be a long ride. 70km, pretty much. With 700m of climb. I think … Read more
The last two days have been fairly high effort rides. Short (under an hour, anyway), but fast (enough). Today should have been an endurance ride. But Zwift don’t massively cater for the “Endurance in Under 30 minutes” type of workouts. Probably because the statement is a total contradiction. Anyway, I should have done a custom … Read more
There’s no denying it, this years Tour of Watopia has some ambitiously sized routes. Certainly ambitious when it comes to week day riding, at least for me. The short ride is Watopia’s Waistband – 26km and mostly flat. The standard ride is Out and Back Again, 40km with 300m of climbing. And the longer ride… … Read more
Concluding the week with the Standard ride from Stage 1 of this years Tour of Watopia means I have managed to do all three of the available rides. Pretty pleased with that. It wasn’t always going to be the case. This morning I got my walking boots on and had made it about 25 metres … Read more
I’m aiming to get all the Long routes done for this years Tour of Watopia. Stage 3 looks like it’s going to be suitably horrendous, but Stage 1 certainly wasn’t that bad. This one saw us tackling the Triple Flat Loops route. A new route badge for me today. And honestly, a route I had … Read more