Getting fit through indoor cycling
This evening I took part in the 5pm Team Dimension Data Zwift Academy Race, taking on 1 lap of Watopia Hilly route. As I had a free afternoon, I was able to be fairly comfortable with my timings. I started out with a ~20 minute warmup on Watopia Flat, aiming to stick around 120w – … Read more
I don’t know how it keeps happening, but I keep getting trolled by these Zwift Academy 2019 workouts. I look at the schedule, I feel overly confident, and then by the end I am dead as a dodo. I opted to take part in workout #6 – Chase the Breakaway – on Watopia. The current … Read more
This morning I took part in my third Zwift Academy 2019 group ride. This means I have one more group ride or race remaining to complete that part of the series. I still have 3 Zwift Academy 2019 workouts remaining, and need to complete all three before the end of September. Four rides in ~3 … Read more
This evening I rode the Zwift Academy 2019 Workout #5: 1min Power Duration. This was similar to previous Zwift Academy rides in that firstly it was 1 hour long, and secondly it looked easier “on paper” than it turned out to be in reality. Having not really learned my lesson so far, I have to … Read more
For this evening’s ride I took on Zwift Academy 2019 Workout #4: Anaerobic Power Development. After yesterday’s workout repeat, it felt good to get another of the Zwift Academy 2019 workouts done and in the books. Ok, so straight up: I thought this one was going to be easy. The workout plan, on “paper”, looks … Read more