Getting fit through indoor cycling
Whilst riding Watopia’s Bigger Loop over the weekend just gone, I was taken for a partial ride around the Jungle Circuit. As the Bigger Loop doesn’t cover a full circuit of the Jungle, I figured I would go back – at some point – and put in a proper time. And that’s what I did … Read more
This morning’s goal was to ride 15km, and I wasn’t in the mood for climbing still so opted for the Tick Tock circuit, a clock-wise loop of Fuego Flats and a bit of the undersea pass in Watopia. In total this circuit is 19km with only 59m of total climb. Ideal. Given that Fuego Flats … Read more
After my second ever 50+km ride on Sunday just gone I needed to rest my legs on Monday. And on Tuesday morning, I still wasn’t feeling up to a ride. I spent some time doing a little research into the difficulty of Zwift’s climbs whilst giving some thought to what challenge to tackle next. Later … Read more
Today’s ride was on Zwift’s Bigger Loop, a 53km jaunt taking in Fuego Flat, the Epic KOM climb, a zip around the Jungle, and then back to Watopia town centre for tea and crumpets. This wasn’t my first ever 50km+ ride. It was my second 🙂 It was, however, my first category 2 climb. Previously … Read more
Easily the most frustrating experience I’ve had on Zwift up to now has been the crashing out of Tour of Watopia Stage 3. I understand the technical reasons that running an event like this could / would be challenging, but from an end user perspective, getting kicked out of a workout ~25 mins in is … Read more