Zwift Chat

[Whorty]

Everesting is so easy, so yesterday

Why not try 'Trenching'

View: https://youtu.be/dFQ5fVjQACc



or if you're really daft Everesting + Trenching

I watched this the other day .... brutal

 

[IrishAl]

Off topic, but today I’m expecting delivery of some timber for various home DIY jobs. Amngst the materials is a sheets of ply wood to make a rocker plate.

 

[CXRAndy]

Froome to leave Ineos at the end of the year
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He joins Israel cycle team

 

[Spartak]

Zwiftpower just DQ'd me for WKG in the Cat. C Crit City Race I averaged 3.5w/kg...

According to Strava I averaged 41.1 km/h my fastest pace for that distance...

Probably my strongest race yet.... ( sweated like a pig !!! ), I do like this distance
However having only been Zwifting for a couple of months & struggled in the IRL Cat. C race on Monday don't feel ready to move up....

 

[bridgy]

Zwiftpower just DQ'd me for WKG in the Cat. C Crit City Race I averaged 3.5w/kg...

According to Strava I averaged 41.1 km/h my fastest pace for that distance...

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Probably my strongest race yet.... ( sweated like a pig !!! ), I do like this distance
However having only been Zwifting for a couple of months & struggled in the IRL Cat. C race on Monday don't feel ready to move up....

Looks like you've officially been bumped up to Cat B - another victim of the curse of the short crit race!

 

[Spartak]

EDIT :

Zwiftpower have reinstated me, finished 5th.

They've moved me up to cat. B..... 😳

 

[Whorty]

Zwiftpower just DQ'd me for WKG in the Cat. C Crit City Race I averaged 3.5w/kg...

According to Strava I averaged 41.1 km/h my fastest pace for that distance...

Probably my strongest race yet.... ( sweated like a pig !!! ), I do like this distance
However having only been Zwifting for a couple of months & struggled in the IRL Cat. C race on Monday don't feel ready to move up....

Welcome to B

I think you have the power but maybe lack the surge/recover aspects of Zwift racing which you can get from racing, or doing some interval workouts.

I pretty much never hit the highest C numbers but contest well in C races and can hold on to lower end B groups. I've learned to be able to push big for a minute, then 'cruise' in the group and take micro rests ready for the next surge. @mjd1988 is also great at this

 

[Spartak]

Thanks @Whorty ... can you or anyone else recommend some interval workouts ?

As you quoted the power is there its just that the surge/recovery isn't... 😳

 

[Whorty]

Signed up to 15:05 3R London Clasique race if anyone fancies a spin. All cats together so be a challenge to hang on to wheels.

 

[Whorty]

Thanks @Whorty ... can you or anyone else recommend some interval workouts ?

As you quoted the power is there its just that the surge/recovery isn't... 😳

There are loads of possible workouts in Zwift - just screen shot a few below as examples but have a skim through and see what you think. What you're looking for I think is a workout that pushes you over your FTP for a period, followed by a recovery then back into a high intensity again. These are the kinds of workouts I do and they hurt ... alot!

Have a play around - beats just pootling around

 

[Norry1]

Thanks @Whorty ... can you or anyone else recommend some interval workouts ?

As you quoted the power is there its just that the surge/recovery isn't... 😳

One way to do it is to enter some races and use them as training. i.e. don't try and win them - but bust a gut each time there is a surge not caring if you blow up later. This will push you harder than normal and hopefully force the adaptation.

 

[bobinski]

View: https://youtu.be/KgSfajJzW6M


For you courses peeps.

 

[kipster]

App.trainerday.com is a good source of workouts

 

[Whorty]

One way to do it is to enter some races and use them as training. i.e. don't try and win them - but bust a gut each time there is a surge not caring if you blow up later. This will push you harder than normal and hopefully force the adaptation.

This is actually my tactic - strange as it may seem, I never try to win a race I just bust a gut to try and stick to the group I'm in. When I pop, I recover until the next group comes along and rinse and repeat. It does mean when I get to the sprint I have nothing left

 

[Whorty]

App.trainerday.com is a good source of workouts

That's a superb tool Paul Thanks for sharing.