Strava, Garmin connect, a spreadsheet, or even pen, paper and a wrist watch are all legitimate ways of recording your efforts. Ruth was keen to stress that spending big money on a bicycle computer is not necessary for training, but keeping records, whatever the format, is important.

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Don’t think that because your commute isn’t ‘proper’ training, you can be lax with record-keeping. As well as enabling you to keep an eye on your progress, keeping a tally validates the effort. Record sections of the route that are important to your eventual training aims, and if you have an especially short commute, “just record the whole thing!”.