Getting fit through indoor cycling
New week, new route. For Stage 2 of February’s Zwift Race Scotland series saw the herd travelling to Glasgow Crit Circuit, where I would be taking part in the B Category race, along with 96 other dinner time racers. I thought I’d do things properly today. Get in a solid warm up (15+ minutes) at … Read more
It doesn’t seem like four days ago that I did three laps of Zwift’s new Scotland map, on the Rolling Highlands route. But today I was back there for another lap (and a chunky lead-in), this time under race conditions. Having ridden the route three times (or once, but three laps), I knew that the … Read more
One down, one to go. With the previous race starting at 12:10 and only lasting 7 minutes, I had a ~13 minute gap between Stage 5a and 5b. I used 8 minutes or so to spin around Mech Island loop for a second time, and then parked myself in the Downtown Watopia starting pens ready … Read more
Back to racing today, and I was glad to get a final chance to take part in some of the Flat Is Fast races. However, Flat is perhaps not so important anymore, as I’ve found a way to level the playing field big time. More on that in a second. I have missed out on … Read more
On we roll, very quickly in fact, to Stage 2 of January’s Zwift Flat Is Fast racing series. This one would be on the Richmond map, covering 3 (and a bit) laps of The Fan Flats route. As ever, a good place to learn this route is over at Zwift Insider. Richmond is one of … Read more