Cycling and fitness
New Year, new kit... well a few items anyway. All purchases were from H and M . I've previously found their sports wear really hard wearing and comfortable and what they have always looks so cool. I really could do with a new loose vest, black preferably and one that isn't made of that material that …
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It's a booze-free January for me. The Christmas overload of red wine, prosecco and the odd sherry has left me toxic. It also makes the first week without alcohol fairly easy and straight forward. I don't want it. It's like too many mince pies, when you have your first one back in November you think …
So hello 2017, goodbye 2016. I've been thinking of my resolutions for 2017 - or as I'd rather call them 'Promises'. There's something about the word 'Resolution' that is so 'Resolute' to me. A quick dictionary search comes up with, Resolution: a firm decision to do or not to do something. It just seems too black …
At the end of October we went to Mallorca on holiday: nine days of sunshine, no shivers, no dark nights and the temperature hardly dropped to single figures. Bliss. The sunshine was nectar for my skin, and as I’m a factor 50 girl there’s not much of a tan to show for it, but I have …
A few weeks ago my spin buddy Emma turned up at class with a pair of cycling shoes with cleats and all. She had a bit of trouble getting clipped in and struggled badly getting them out - in fact she had to take her foot out of the shoe and then try and get them …
Holiday has meant time away from spinning. Bike rides down quiet, car-free, country roads in Wales seem a million miles away from the darkened room, disco lights and pumping music of Prospin. But as I cycle along these peaceful lanes I've been coming up with my own playlist of spin songs. If cycling with my IPod was allowed I …
In the '90s I tried spin classes for the first time. Back then it was popular... think Bridget Jones , jelly legs and plenty of sweat. Since then I've tried the odd class here or there but nothing's really grabbed me by the cycling shorts and kept me going back for more. The leisure centre's classes were of particular note: …
