So I managed to complete Novembers 200km ride yesterday, but with some issues. Whilst the weather was kinder the course was a lot lumpier with an additional 800m of climbing on a route that never really had any flat sections. It was up and down all day. We set off

So my son Joe, 12, wants to learn HTML, python, CSS and java….so I wanted to build him a web server he can use as a test bed. Initially I just built him an EC2 instance on t2.micro using the free tier. This was until I realised that

Just got back from my first 200km ride of the winter in prep for the 312 next year. We couldn’t have picked a worse day for the weather this week. It started raining around 10am and poured down for 4 hours, meaning both Nick and I were soaked to

So I need to be doing long distance rides to up my endurance. I have been working on my fitness on the turbo by doing intervals and sweet spot training on Zwift, however there is no substitution for doing long distances to get prepared for a long event. I will

These run over a local Docker host (on my ubuntu desktop) or on the k8s cluster, depending upon resource requirements. . PiHole – local DNS and adblocking. WordPress – This blog. BudgE – Budget Software (very useful in today’s cost of living crisis). Cloud9 – My own personal IDE environment. Emby – A Movie / TV

This video from an English vlogger is a great example of the typical 312 experience. The 1st 160km is stunning, hilly and beautiful…the 2nd 160km…not so much, although it’s mostly flat. I think if I can get over the mountains in a reasonable state, then all things

So this blog…whats it running on? Well the obvious choice is to host in the cloud of course, but where’s the fun in that? I run this on a single node K8S cluster made up from a old Lenovo thinkcentre micro picked up for less that £100 (quad

Zwift workout of the week with 3 x 10min intervals, each with a sprint of 415W to start with (1min, 45s, 30s progression) followed each by a block of increasing steady state 240w-260w (9mins, 9m15, 9m30 progression). Not too tough really…

Its been a long time since I did a big sportive challenge ride, my last one was back in 2015 when I did the Marmotte in France. I have done other big rides since then, but not a big international event like that. We recently went to Nice in France