Going for 100

I started this blog off with a plan to set an FKT on the Via Alpina. Well, some things have changed since May of last year. The biggest change is that we are expecting our second child in March.  The other change is that

At 3:00 I was up and making coffee. By 03:30 I was on the bike headed toward the Alpe du Zwift. At 03:45 I started what was supposed to be the first of 9 laps up and down the mountain. Shortly

8h18m, 185km and 2,665m vertical My ride checklist written on the windowAs the third hour approached, I was really starting to feel my legs. It was coming about an hour earlier than it should have. Normally on the trainer I don't start to

"I want to ride my bike through the longest night of the year." I told my wife over breakfast about a week before the Winter Solstice. I got a non-committal noise and an eye roll. "I'll do it on Zwift." This was my olive

A few weeks back I did my first virtual fondo on Zwift, 98km with 1200m of elevation gain (though with only a power meter and no smart trainer the elevation wasn’t felt in the same way). I finished in just over 4 hours

Since I've been training regularly I've been having the feeling more and more that fitness is some kind of magic. Not magic in the sense that it came easily or without effort, but magic in the sense that I didn't know my body could

I put off writing this update for a long time because a month 2 check-in would have consisted of "didn't do anything, gave back weight loss progress". After a small change in focus, and a deep dive into bike mechanics, I'm back. Better Times,

After one month, my weight is down 5kg, but my performance in almost all training has regressed. Weight and DietWhen I got the DEXA scan I weighed 88kg. That has gone down to 83. This is not my first go-round with diets so the

I went for a DEXA scan at Training&Diagnostics in Zürich. The results were a bit of a yikes. Before I start training for the FKT, or any other event, I’ve got to reduce body fat and hopefully gain a little muscle