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Posts tagged training

5 reasons why MapMyRide sucks

Apr29
2012
2 Comments Written by Alan
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If you’re new to the world of fitness apps, you may well come across MapMyRun or MapMyRide as one of the most popular apps around. Don’t be fooled into thinking that just because more people have downloaded it, it must be better than the alternatives. As someone who has used this service, the following summarises [...]

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Posted in Cycling - Tagged android, app, apps, fitness, iphone, mapmydogwalk, mapmyride, mapmyrun

Strava… the gamification of cycling.

Apr09
2012
4 Comments Written by Alan
strava

If I asked you to think of the connection between gaming and keeping in shape, you’d probably mention various fitness and dance games on xbox, playstation and wii. The popularity of these games has made exercising accessible to many who perhaps wouldn’t engage with more traditional forms. Aspects of gaming culture are being incorporated into [...]

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Posted in Cycling, Garmin Edge 800, Strava - Tagged apps, competition, cycling, cycling routes, gamification, gamify, gaming, Global Positioning System, gps, king of the mountain, North Wales, Strava

February 2012 Ride Stats

Feb29
2012
Leave a Comment Written by Alan
February 2012

Another one down, but since it’s the colder, darker, wetter months we don’t mind as much do we? Actually it feels like we’ve escaped very lightly this year, with an exceptionally mild winter. This last week in February has been very pleasant indeed.

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Posted in Cycling - Tagged bike stats, cadence, cheshire cat, heart rate

New years day Time Trial with Rhyl Cycling Club

Jan01
2012
2 Comments Written by Alan
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It’s usually nice to do something slightly physical on New Years Day isn’t it? After the excesses of Christmas, it’s refreshing to ‘blow the cobwebs away’ and start the year on a positive. I’ve wanted to get involved with a cycling club for a while now, and have lurked around the facebook pages of two [...]

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Posted in Cycling - Tagged Rhyl CC, time trial, TT

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