Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride: Stage 2 – Triple Flat Loops (Standard)

OK, a tiring one again today, but mostly of my own making. Aiming to keep to FTP for this one, mainly as a personal test to see what I am really capable of over the hour. And it turns out, yet again to be a fairly disappointing figure. At least, comparatively. It looks like my … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride: Stage 1 – Three Little Sisters (Longer)

Hmm. So today’s plan was pretty simple. My usual Saturday rides as of late are, ideally, harder climbing rides. However for October (and probably a bit of November), I want to use the Saturday ride to take on the Longer variant of the week’s Tour of Watopia 2023 rides. With a usual Saturday ride being … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride: Stage 1 – Figure 8 (Standard)

Confusing. This is the second Tour of Watopia 2023. I had forgotten this, but then I was wondering what to call the category to put all these new posts under, and it turns out I already have a Tour of Watopia 2023 category. But apparently this is different. This is Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride. … Read more

Ugh… Late Afternoon & Late For Meetings

I don’t particularly like running. Never have. Probably never will. Yet each fortnight, at work, we have the end of our two week sprint. I don’t really know why we call them sprints, when you cannot possibly go hell for leather for such a prolonged period of time. Just try it on the bike. Do … Read more