Friday morning, that means my weekly cycle to fat club (my pet name for Slimming World). Do this every Friday. Normally it is an 8 mile spin in the countryside and 2 miles home for a total of 10 miles. Got up and the rain was horrific, the garden was flooded for the first time since we moved here. No way I am going on those back roads as it would be mainly underwater. So for the first time I took the short route.
So did the weigh in, lost 2lbs so I am now 3 stone 6 lbs lighter, last 6 weeks have been difficult and it is good to be back on track with successive losses.
Cycle home was interesting. There was a huge puddle at the bottom of the road that I had to go through. No way around. Got soaked going so had the idea to maybe unclip and put my feet up in the air. Made no difference, Water was just too high. I reckon it came up to the bottle cage.
My cassette arrived for my Zwift Kickr Core. Set it up last night. Gear's are not quite meshed properly and there was some skipping but on the whole worked really well. Got Euan set up and using cleats on my bike on the trainer. Has no issues getting out but a few problems getting in. Will come with practice!
First ride was on Watopia. Actually managed to have a mechanical as I threw my chain when moving into the big ring, need to make a wee adjustment there methinks.
Euan was amazed at my power numbers. |I was not going full gas but could hit 700W
Euan now took a turn and did the same course. He said it was really hard for him as it was a different riding position (I have an endurance bike so the position is different) and he hated it, So after he got round, I did one of the New York courses, instead of going for power the whole way around, I practiced endurance for the 24 hour challenge I have coming up.
I really have a difficult decision to make now. Do I do the route I was planning for the 24 hour challenge or spend the time in Zwift. Going to have to think about this one!
