Getting fit through indoor cycling
For once it actually does feel like a decent amount of time has passed since my last FTP test. That was one to forget, and today’s could surely only be an improvement. The long and short of it today is: I am about where I already knew myself to be. No surprises. That’s not to … Read more
Some of my least favourite turbo rides are the low intensity ‘endurance’ rides. I’d prefer it where my legs are being torn off, and then I don’t focus on the saddle pain on my ass instead. For this one I ended up having to work through the ride. At ~150w or so it’s really not … Read more
I was going to do a MyWhoosh ride today, but for insane patch size reasons, combined with what seems to be a bug in their updater, I gave up and opted for Zwift instead. Yes, that’s right, a 13gb patch. And every time it got to 30mb it reset and began again from zero. Very … Read more
Welp, I thought this one would play to my “strengths” but no. I got my usual Thursday pasting. September’s Zwift racing series sees us take on the “Get Rolling” races, which are intended to be beginner friendly. By which I guess they mean shorter. Which does, of course, mean faster. Fun is fast, right? Probably, … Read more
Last week I thought we were done with racing on the Scottish roads. But alas no, I had clearly forgotten that a good week remained of August. Wishing my life away? For the fifth and final race of Zwift’s Race the Worlds series we would be taking on City and the Sgurr. It’s less city, … Read more