Have you had an MOT Test?
When the winter comes we cut back on our cycling. Less miles means less fitness.Some 15 years back I decided
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Get Fit
How to Uplift your Fitness
If your interest in cycling includes magazine and internet items, you will have seen that at this time of year,
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Cycling By Numbers – Hill Repeats
With winter now starting you have to be a masochist to enjoy long rides on cold and frosty mornings. That
Read morePart 2. Are You Past 50, or Just Feeling Past It?
When we get past 50 years of age, we begin to cycle more slowly and every hill seems to get
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After Lock Down Week 3
As expected, nothing has changed. The lock down continues and there is no firm date for when it is going
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A Very Different Tuesday Ride!
It was on Tuesday of the second week of the Covid-19 lock down. It was a beautiful sunny morning, perfect
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Tuesday “Relaxed” Tempo Ride
A beautiful sunny morning for this week’s Tuesday Ride to Rusper Golf Club. As far as I am aware, it
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Tempo Fugit Saturday 28th Sept
Saturday morning turned out fine, quite warm and sunny at the 9.30 start. Much better than the forecast of rain
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Do You Need A Heart Rate Monitor?
An Update in the Numbers Game
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Free Health Checks for the Over 40s
A free M.O.T for you!
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Spring into Fitness
Now is the time, and here is how!
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Train Your Weakness, Make it a Strength
Add a bit of sparkle to your hill climbing.
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How to Combat the Effects of Ageing
Des tries out something different.
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Heart Rate Zones
Making good use of your heart rate monitor.
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Are You Past 50, or Just Past It?
Des wonders why hills seem to get steeper
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Get Fit, Not Fat!
Research shows that intensity is the key to fitness and weight loss.
Read moreWhat is your Maximum Heart Rate?
Heart rate by numbers
Read moreSome Armchair Cycling With A Good Book.
Christmas stocking fillers for a winter evening.
Read moreDem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Broken Bones!
Bike crashes often mean broken bones.
Read moreUse It or Lose It!
Days get shorter and with the cold wet days our cycling mileage is greatly reduced taking its toll
Read moreAre You Speed Limited?
For me the most exciting things about the Tour de France are the sprint finishes …
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