New Year, new FTP! I wanted to make sure I didn’t let my fitness fall too much over winter so I decided to embark on a four-week FTP Booster programme on Zwift. The idea was to get the triple benefit of my first ever bit of structured training; something to keep me occupied and consistent over winter, when I would be relegated to much more boring indoor training; and to hopefully increase rather than merely maintain my fitness. It went pretty well!
Read more…During the UK’s Coronavirus lockdown, a complete lack of work travel gave me plenty of time to focus on my riding. After getting my fitness up to the highest it’s ever been—and bagging numerous KOMs in and around Leeds in the process—I decided in late summer that I would treat myself to a new bike: the 2021 Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7. And wow, what a treat it is—this is a bike that certainly lives up to the hype, and then some. This really is a superbike.
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