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Hill repeat and long rides early in the mornings. 3 day long weekend here but max temp 40/40/39 celcius on those days.
My cycling plans for the weekend are already over, as I rode to the dentist for a root canal treatment!
I will go on a mountainbike ride with my father on saturday.
I will spin 3 hours on my trainer
Still having it band issues. So no cycling this weekend. No running either. Waiting is the hardest part.
Im looking to get some mileage in on the roads from Brazil
Sunday, race first time trial of the seasson (SussexCA Hardriders) and then pack up bits of bike for a “training camp” on Majorca
I`m going for long road cycling ride with my friends
Weekend away so mostly enjoying the relaxation of a holiday with some rides through the wine-dy roads ?
Long weekend for me, and my wife is heading off interstate on Sunday with kid #2. So if i’m lucky I will be able to go for a ride with kid #1 in the trailer behind my bike, and we can go hit up some parks and maybe have a babychino.
Saterday I will ride the Dwars door vlaanderen Cyclo.
Sunday will be a light recovery ride :)
Looks like a nice weekend!
I’m guessing this weekend will be spent on the rollers and getting the yard in shape for spring.
I am planning MTB ride on saturday
Saturday will be the last prep club race to get ready for the national crits season in the Netherlands, with a simple recovery ride on Sunday.
Actually it’s an off weekend from cycling. I’ve got a couple of long runs planned though due to some travel for work.
Skiing this weekend. During the winter, cycling only happens on weekdays
Hopefully get a hard hour in … and family stuff plus an airshow !
I will be doing more running than cycling, but I will at least have a few recovery rides and maybe some cadence drills on the trainer if there is time.
I will be resting my hurt knee.
Maybe a quick 40k round
Probably just zwift’in because of the weather prediction. Maybe some indoor speed skating.
Sydney is pouring. I’ll be on Zwift.
Since this week is a rest week I only have a 4 hour easy ride to get done on Saturday. Stoked! I wish I was partying in a hot tub rather.
Planned long sunday ride for me
Hopefully the time will get better and I will be able to ride outside, otherwise it will be rollers for me.
Bike firmly planted on trainer for Trainerroad workouts.
Watching strade bianche while riding my bike on my trainer.
I’ve got a 200km Audax on Saturday; it’ll probably be raining for most of it but it allows me to eat pizza afterwards without feeling too guilty.
Track bike intervals, then making some beer. No doubt drinking some beer too, to offset the former.
I’ll be getting back on the road bike instead of just the commuter – first time this year and start of a big bike block!
Nothing! I’ll be resting this weekend. :(
I’ll be fettling/cleaning the bike ready for the new communting season
Going for some cyclocross on Sunday! Enjoiying the not so cold weather in Germany :)
Commute Friday, ride around town Sat/Sun.
It’s rest week so a short ride and run Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
It looks like it is going to a very rainy weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark, so the bike will likely stay in the garage, and I will take a long run instead in preparation of Paris Marathon in April.
Workout plan with trainerroad saturday, then hopefully get out to mtb on sunday
Cycling indoors on tacx and watching biathlon on TV..
Casual ride with my wife.
A couple of Trainer Road sessions, and a few miles outside with my kids.
Cycling will be limited to commuting to parkrun I think. Long run on Sunday
Chicago weather is calling the shots: trainer session on Saturday, out with the guys for a spin on Sunday
Have a marathon on Sunday. So will do a short, easy ride on Zwift tomorrow (Saturday) to get my blood flowing.
This week I changed out my tires, did some small maintenance and cleaning on the bike all in hopes to get out for a nice Sunday morning ride. Saturday I am hoping to just take the kids out for a nice easy run.
My usual 3 hours of pain…
I plan to “cross-train” a bit by running 25km on Saturday, and maybe another 20-30km on Sunday. I might also cycle the 40km from home to check out a 20mi running course for a race in a few weeks. Ok, you got me, I’m actually a runner. But I do cycle occasionally!
MTB riding on sunday. And with the rain over the last week i quess it will be more like taking a mud bath instead of riding :-)
I ride for 60 km with my Brompton for prepare a Stelvio day
Suffering a minor running injury, so going for a 2 and a 4 hour ride over the course of the weekend!
I have every intention of riding in the hills – if it’s gloriously sunny and warm, but as there’s little chance of that I will be running with my wife in the rain.
Indoor 4×4 sessions due to lack of time. Short but effective!
Will be riding from Deventer (NL) to my home. Hope to make 100 km total.
sa: recovery and testing run with the new fullsuspension setup
so: 4h base ride
Obviously I’m going to spend the entire weekend dreaming of a cookie-dough Stages power meter now.
Saturday after my morning running race I will take 60km on road bike afternoon. Sunday seems to be a bad weather so I will do bike on trainers.
Planning to complete a Zwift workout on Saturday, its going to rain/snow all weekend here so its all about the turbo time!
600K starting in Arkedia Florida. Need to finish in 40hrs
Preparing for the Peak Epic in early June – the hills beckon.
I’ll be riding the new Volcano climb on Zwift :)
Pool training on saturday morning, maybe a bike ride afterwards to train for a team time trial, and on sunday my first 10km running race.
75 km on Sunday , to recover from the trailrun on saturday.
Long ride Sunday in the nice Spring weather. Thanks.
I’ll just be riding round in circles.
I’ll be running approximately 20 miles over the weekend while hoping the weather is about to take a turn for the better.
recovering from crash and rebuilding the bike to hit it hard on monday!
I have finally recovered from the flu, so looking forward to spending some time indoors on Zwift this weekend to assess my (decrease in) fitness…
Short hour long ride around Amstel River in Amsterdam
I will be doing a 20 km ride on studded tires in the cold Canadian spring.
My cycling plans for the Weekend are to train my HR with some series session on Saturday.
Sunday I plan to climb one of the hardest climbs in Lisbon – Portugal
Living in an area that is still experiencing winter weather, my cycle plans are a couple of hours of snowy fat bike riding on Sunday, just for fun.
This weekend, unfortunately, between kids’ soccer games and home renovation, I MIGHT get a 30 minute session on the dumb trainer (can’t afford the smart ones). If I do, I plan on working on low-cadence hill climbing to prepare for the Garret County Gran Fondo (the hills there are too steep for high cadence climbing).
Fat biking in the last of the snow for the year (then back to the trainer)
I have been sponsored by a charity to teach in Cape Town University for two weeks. Luckily I brought a bike. This weekend I will ride with a local doctor along the coast of Cape town in preparation for next weekends Cape Tour. No body told me he was an ex pro cyclist with a local team until yesterday! I expect to get my legs ripped off but at least I have a week to recover before the biggest mass participation cycle event in the world.
First grandfondo on sight, so training hard. A new power meter would be handy.
Saturday the first organised bicycle tour. 70k. In the afternoon I’ll watch strade Bianche.
Sunday two hour ride before visiting my mother in the elderly home
It’s going to be sub freezing again this weekend. Hour or 2 on the trainer for me.
Probably 60 miles route on Sunday if the weather will be mild in Scotland
Zwifting
I pulled my calf bad, so I’m not cycling or running anywhere for a while!
Snow has melted and I may go outside on Saturday although I will miss Zwift and may just stay indoors.
Netflix and Trainer riding. Probably a 2 to 3 hour trainer session very early on Saturday morning. Then a quick hour trainer ride on Sunday before a trail run.
Saturday will be “hill climbing day”!
Just adding some mileage at very low speeds… likely about 50 km on Sunday at somewhere around 20 kph if I’m lucky
I will do some training, arround 80 km. I have a race soon :)
Swim meet all weekend, no bike?
FTP test tonight, MTB on local trails and paths on Sunday
This WE I’ll ride saturday .. just 2h in recovery mode.
If weather goes bad, trying to get some hours on the trainer at some point this weekend.
Racing at Oulton park Duathlon
Coffee ride, tapering for an autumn road race.
I’m covering a dualthlon in preparation for a race in a couple of weeks.
and I may just have a beer afterwards…
Probably just a short 20 mile ride on Sunday.
Hopefully a long ride in between showers but considering the forecast I could be spending time on the trainer or on the cyclocross bike (for which I don’t have a power meter yet!!)
AS it’s planned to be -8, I will be Zwifting on Saturday.
Ill be mountain biking Lss Llajas canyon road in Simi Valley, CA both Saturday and Sunday. All welcome to join in!
Plan says 4.5h ride at different (but tough) intensities…I hope I’ll manage…
Commuting back home with my bicylce later the day. Go for a 10K run and skiing with the family. That’s it.
I will be all nerves on the weekend, since my wife is about to give birth to our daughter. No cycling this weekend. :)
Gravel, gravel, gravel!!!
I will be going for an easy spin on Saturday before running a half marathon on Sunday