New Year's Resolution #3 - 30 Minutes A Day

Every month I get a summary of my cycling stats in an email from Endomondo. It was only at the end of last year that I noticed that their tag line in this email was "... 30 min a day will help keep you fit". Looking back, I noticed that in some weeks, I was only getting in one ride a week and although this could last a couple of hours, it was not getting close to the 30 min a day, according to Endomondo I should be achieving.

As my Tour de Fitness is all about keeping fit, my New Year's Resolution #3, where possible, is to complete at least a 30 minute ride a day, with the option to make up any lost time one or two days later, but no more. That sounds a bit formal doesn't it!

There are only a few reasons for me not wanting to ride, these being:  

• extreem weather conditions
• work and family commitments 
• getting kitted up for less than an hour's ride!

So my new year's resolution had to be able to overcome these challenges. My solution was to revisit a purchase I made back in February last year and one I referred to in my ".. gone in a flash" blog and which surprisingly never got mentioned again! This was a turbo trainer to which any of my bikes could be attached. I never really got on with it last year, finding it a very dull experience but having a new goal for 2016, I felt it was worth giving it another go.

Since the start of the year, I have already complete over 5 turbo hours of pedalling, compared to just over an hour during the whole of 2015! My main way of keeping focussed has been to work though the albums on my iPod looking for the best spinning tracks .. this is work in progress, so I'll try to remember to bring you my recommendations later in the year. Time will tell if Endomondo's 30 min a day recommendation pays off, but I'm feeling better for it already, even if just psychologically or  just in getting to rediscover some the music I'd long since forgotten I had!