Alpe Du Zwift

[Noodle Legs]

To climb the Alpe in under an hour you have to average at least 3.2 W/kg. Not an easy feat.
As for trainer difficulty it honestly doesn’t matter where you set it- whether it’s 100% or zero. Watts is watts and you’ll have to put the same watts out in order to get a certain time or speed irrespective of TD. Lowering it just means you’ll spin more.

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

Not AdZ, but I climbed Ven Top for the first time yesterday evening, pleased to get under 2hrs.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

96 minutes today, I was doing the Four Horsemen route though, my reward at the top? Another pair of blooming gloves

 

[Noodle Legs]

96 minutes today, I was doing the Four Horsemen route though, my reward at the top? Another pair of blooming gloves

It took me thirteen goes to get the meilensteins… Good work today mate and nice time too!

 

[Legs]

Got up before 5 this morning and knocked 58 seconds off my best - down to 48:25. Had a bit of a motivational lull around hairpins 9-7…

Edit - still no Meilensteins…

 

[Noodle Legs]

Got up before 5 this morning and knocked 58 seconds off my best - down to 48:25. Had a bit of a motivational lull around hairpins 9-7…

Edit - still no Meilensteins…

Superb effort @Legs! Chapeau!

 

[Legs]

Did Zwift Ventoux for only the second time this morning. I slunk out of bed at 04:20 and just rode a steady 250-260W most of the way. Sneaked under 80 minutes so I was on my way down by the time the rest of the family came down at 06:00!

 

[Noodle Legs]

Did Zwift Ventoux for only the second time this morning. I slunk out of bed at 04:20 and just rode a steady 250-260W most of the way.

Hahaha, 250-260w “steady”!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Did Zwift Ventoux for only the second time this morning. I slunk out of bed at 04:20 and just rode a steady 250-260W most of the way. Sneaked under 80 minutes so I was on my way down by the time the rest of the family came down at 06:00!

I've done it once, think it took me two hours,

 

[Legs]

Hahaha, 250-260w “steady”!

My FTP is 300W so I was still pushing on, but not full-bore…

 

[Noodle Legs]

My FTP is 300W so I was still pushing on, but not full-bore…

Impressive! 260 is threshold for me. The sub hour still escapes me but I’m getting closer…….

 

[Noodle Legs]

I've done it once, think it took me two hours,

Good effort mate, not an easy climb to do that.

 

[Legs]

Chipping away: I did a badly-paced 48:05 in yesterday evening’s Specialized Roval Climbing Challenge. I overreached a bit on the early slopes to make the most of being in the draft amongst other riders, then suffered horribly in the last third…

 

[Legs]

Clocked 1-12 this morning at the end of the Uber Pretzel…

 

[Noodle Legs]

I did a badly-paced 48:05

This puts things into perspective- I’d be balls out and getting 62 mins!