HOW IT GOT STARTED

What You Need to Know

In my mid-thirties I fell back into cycling (having cycled a lot in my earlier years) when a friend suggested we attempt a charity sportive. I found training for this was a fantastic diversion from my office based day job and very quickly picked back up some fitness again and was riding further and for longer.

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At the beginning of 2017 I decided to join a cycling club to ride with a mix of different people and explore some new routes. Over the course of that year I amassed a good number of miles, improved my fitness further and made some fantastic new friends along the way. 

As the British Autumn/Winter descended later that year, I started my indoor training journey with Zwift. Coming from a scientific background, this was a game changer for me and I threw myself into a winter training plan and watched myself improve.

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Over the course of the next couple of years I supplemented my outdoor rides with indoor Zwifting and continued to progress.

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At the end of 2019 I added running and swimming into the mix with the aim of completing a Triathlon in 2020. Having run a lot of cross country back at school, running came back fairly quickly. Swimming technically efficient freestyle is another matter entirely though!

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Plenty of plans existed for 2020, but most had to be shelved with the global pandemic. I did manage to complete a number of the Ironman Virtual Challenges though (including placing well in the Half Ironman distance in my age category).

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Given there wasn't much sign of triathlons going ahead after a few months I decided to refocus and put an emphasis on the bike and improving at Zwift Racing in particular.

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To that end I enlisted the services of a dedicated cycling coach and have been enjoying a fruitful relationship in that regard for a few months now.

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That brings you up to date (Aug 20).

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I intend to blog future progress, but also delve into some topics which have cropped up during the last few years of training. 

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