Hoping that my recovery goes well, I have volunteered to tail walk on this Saturday’s parkrun at Babbs Mill. ‘Only’ three miles nice and steady. Looking for something low-impact (so that definitely rules out running) I decided to dust off the bike and turbo trainer. I hit a couple of snags … 1) Zwift has…
Workout
Treadmill Tales
A couple of years ago, I upgraded my treadmill to a model that would communicate with the outside world enabling me to better record any workouts. I used the treader to talk to Zwift via bluetooth so that my little avatar could more through the virtual world in response to what I was doing on…
Through the Jungle
Obviously not a real jungle but a virtual one courtesy of Zwift. I’ve had a further shuffle in the office / zwift cave (I don’t like the usual ‘pain cave’ description) and by moving the bike across a little I can leave the trainer set up and still be able to use the desk. Also,…
Wobble
I’ve gone and joined a cycling club! I was playing about on Swift, looking in some of the darker corners of this app when I came upon Group Rides. These are organised events where a group of similarly experienced riders get together and ride a course together. There is a group leader and all the…
Pain Cave
I was musing about using a turbo trainer in the office / training room and remembering my treadmill downstairs I thought that perhaps I could setup a Zwift thing upstairs. I hauled the treadmill up to the top floor ( I live in what is often referred to as a town house – i.e. Three…