{"id":34,"date":"2021-11-30T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/?p=34"},"modified":"2023-01-07T17:42:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:42:31","slug":"november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/2021\/11\/30\/november\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2021 – Rowvember and Zwift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in October I bought a Wahoo Kickr<\/a> and Wahoo Kickr Climb<\/a> secondhand from someone on Ebay<\/a> for about half of their new prices.<\/p>\n

\"Wahoo<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wahoo Kickr Climb<\/a> came with a few parts missing so I contacted Wahoo customer support and arranged for them to send me some replacements.<\/p>\n

I also needed a different cassette for the Wahoo Kickr<\/a> as it came with a 12 speed set and none of my bikes have shifters that can manage more than 8.<\/p>\n

The new cassette came from Decathlon<\/a> and a set of tools for changing cassettes, cranks, etc came from Ebay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once everything was finally capable of being setup and connected I did my first ride on RGT Cycling<\/a>, performing a few laps of the Canary Warf segment for a total of 15km. however I was somewhat unimpressed with the available free offerings so decided to have a look at Zwift<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n

Since my son was also interested in riding and Zwift<\/a> is free for under 18s, I ultimately decided to sign us both up.<\/p>\n

I also found a cheap second hand 16 speed road bike for my son on Ebay<\/a> that was only a few miles away and decided to use that on the Wahoo Kickr.<\/a><\/p>\n

My first ride on Zwift<\/a> was on 19 November and was the ‘Flat Route<\/a>‘ which is 10.3km with a 0.5km lead in with a total elevation of 54m, I completed this in 21:42.<\/p>\n

I then did just over a lap of the Volcano Circuit<\/a> which is 4.1km with a 1.3km lead in and 17m of elevation, I completed 5.86km and 28m of elevation in 12:50 before being called for dinner.<\/p>\n

My next ride on 20 November was for 10 laps of the Volcano Circuit<\/a> for a total of 42.27km and 211m of elevation in a time of 1:47:15, with a best time of 9:09 for a circuit.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dark Horse Rowing<\/a> was doing a daily challenge called ‘Rowvember’ that I decided to sign up for, although I started a couple of days late, they had a few issues with sending out some of the daily details, so it worked out well for me, I was just doing them all a couple of days behind.<\/p>\n

Set a new 2K PB on 4th November as part of one of the ‘Rowvember’ challenges at 7:45.8, but it was an interval, so does not count as a ranked workout.<\/p>\n

On the 16th November I passed my first million metres on the RowERG, which entitled me to a free t-shirt, a pin and also a certificate.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Towards the end of the month, Dark Horse Rowing<\/a> had a Black Friday special for membership of ‘The Crew’ that I decided to take up for a year’s membership<\/p>\n

Concept 2<\/a> also started their Holiday Challenge<\/a> on the 24th, which is another team challenge for total metres rowed.<\/p>\n

During the month of November I managed a total of 99 hours of exercise, walked 398km climbed 293 flights of stairs, cycled 74km and rowed 288km.<\/p>\n

By the end of the month my weight was 14 Stone 11lb (207lb\/94kg), a loss of 7lb (3.1kg).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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