As we all know, with the possible exception of Governor Kemp, the goal with covid-19 social distancing isn’t just to protect ourselves by avoiding infection. The virus can be transmitted by the asymptomatic, so we’re also trying to protect those around us because we don’t know if we’re actively infected. …
This past Friday night, I jumped into Zwift to get in some miles after only finding time for one other run during the week. I jumped onto the May Field track to warm up, and after a couple of miles of boredom, I decided to look for a group run …
It’s hard to survive a trip through the endurance exercise corner of the Internet without stumbling onto cautionary tales of immune system suppression following a particularly hard or long workout. The actual studies behind those cautionary tales are a bit more nuanced and leave all of us open to the influence of the anecdotal experiences of headline-driven media and click-driven bloggers. Fortunately, you are reading neither the former nor the latter as a quick perusal of this blog’s analytics shows that I am clearly not a click…driven…blogger…
Although I normally advocate all of us SubdueTheSloth by running, cycling, lifting, and undertaking generally any form of physically beneficial activity, covid-19 brings with it a unique set of circumstances that we all have to find our own way to navigate. Each activity brings with it a combination of risk …
FulGaz is a virtual training app for cycling. Instead of a 3D virtual environment like Zwift, FulGaz offers first-person, high resolution video of cycling routes around the world. Taking input from your trainer, whether smart or traditional, the application adjusts the speed of the video to give you the impression …
As part of this series of blog posts, I’ve been doing quite a bit of running on Zwift, and on a whim this past Saturday night (February 22, 2020), I hopped into the 10K at the Watopia Run Festival. This being my first virtual race, I had no idea what …
