Getting fit through indoor cycling
For tonight’s ride I opted to take on … well, New York initially. I opted for one of Zwift’s 4 Week FTP builder workouts, thinking I’d put in a solid hour. However, inadvertently, I clicked on the 5pm Time Trial (starting about ~8 minutes from when I got on the bike) and I couldn’t figure … Read more
Whew. Tonight was really too hot for indoor cycling. The room felt stuffy before I even got on the bike, and the fan, spinning on the middle setting – usually more than enough to keep me suitably chilly (pre-ride, at least) was doing little. I had about 30 minutes to kill. I wanted to get … Read more
I’m having something of a rest week this week. That was kind of unplanned, but I have an entirely more free week next week, and as a result, I want to get a couple of bigger rides in. One of these bigger rides will be the FTP test. And the other will be a century … Read more
Welp. So much for a restful evening. Having had to start work two hours earlier than normal today, I finished one and a bit hours earlier than usual, which meant… bike time! I didn’t have a huge amount of time to ride this evening, and also didn’t want to do too much. After all, Monday … Read more
I wanted a ride this morning, but the prospect of a 2hr ride wasn’t that appealing. I set in mind a target of riding for an hour, and seeing how I got on. For this ride I opted for Watopia’s Figure 8 circuit, a mixture of Watopia’s hills and sprints over ~30km. Ideal. As ever, … Read more