Zwift Chat

[alex_cycles]

Oh man, I have no top-end power! I managed to hold about 480W for a minute, then slid and was barely managing 300W at the end. I'll start interval training again in a couple of months...

Thanks for the opportunity to do it, @alex_cycles

We're still going every week in Feb as well. I try to mix up the routes a bit. Last week we did Hilly KoM. You would have liked that one

 

[CXRAndy]

A little bit of training today Rcc training

 

[Venod]

Did the new course in New York yesterday, Empire Elevation, never had my cycling Vo2 max this high before, not bad at 73 years old.

 

[alex_cycles]

Did the new course in New York yesterday, Empire Elevation, never had my cycling Vo2 max this high before, not bad at 73 years old.

That's amazingly good. Those Yorkshire hills must keep you fit. I was slightly gobsmacked by your 50 minute Alpe the other day (and that was BEFORE I knew you were 73 )

 

[13 rider]

I think a rest day is in order ,yesterday I did Alex's Friday smash races in the morning then got called in as a last minute reserve to my first club ladder race in the evening . I was surprised how well I went in the evening . Managed 6th place out sprinting one of 2 riders from the other team I found myself with after getting dropped by the lead pack as we crested the zwift Kom . Team won 28 26 so a good night

 

[Whorty]

Recovery from teh asthma incident is getting there but I think I'm still a week at least away from being able to race again.My peak flow is still only around 650 rather than closer to 775. Not sure if this incident (and racing when I was ill) has damaged my lungs, whether I'm still recovering and will get back to 775 or whether it's just the lingering cold that is holding my lungs back. I'm really hoping it's not actual damage
I'm managing Z2 rides with some coughing but this is getting better. I hit a few Z3 zones yesterday to test the lungs and that did create more lung issues so I pulled back
I'm assuming I'm losing some fitness, HIIT fitness anyway, whilst I'm sticking to Z2 but hopefully that will come back quickly once I get into a few race.
One positive though is my illness took appetite away, and the Z2 is burning calories, so I've dropped a smidge weight so every little helps haha

 

[alex_cycles]

I think a rest day is in order ,yesterday I did Alex's Friday smash races in the morning then got called in as a last minute reserve to my first club ladder race in the evening . I was surprised how well I went in the evening . Managed 6th place out sprinting one of 2 riders from the other team I found myself with after getting dropped by the lead pack as we crested the zwift Kom . Team won 28 26 so a good night

I was messing around on companion app last night and I saw that you were Zwifting again Phil and I thought what the hell is he doing? Wasn’t this morning enough?

 

[Whorty]

I did a heavy legs day at the gym yesyerday, including quite a bit of glute work. Last night was an 80's gig, so bopping around for a few hours.

Today I'm walking like i poo'd myself

 

[CXRAndy]

World championship

Exciting junior men's cyclocross

 

[alex_cycles]

I did a heavy legs day at the gym yesyerday, including quite a bit of glute work. Last night was an 80's gig, so bopping around for a few hours.

Today I'm walking like i poo'd myself

At your age you better check you haven't

 

[Whorty]

At your age you better check you haven't

Good point .,, back in 2 mins ..

 

[CXRAndy]

I did a heavy legs day at the gym yesyerday, including quite a bit of glute work. Last night was an 80's gig, so bopping around for a few hours.

Today I'm walking like i poo'd myself

DOMS are awful for the legs.

 

[mjd1988]

Randomly got my best 10 minute power ever today having not touched any PBS in well over a year. Nice random lift In a race I got destroyed in 🤣. Pb up box hill too

 

[ColinJ]

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Randomly got my best 10 minute power ever today having not touched any PBS in well over a year. Nice random lift In a race I got destroyed in 🤣. Pb up box hill too

Pah, I can SMASH that...





... 5 hour power!

It looks like you haven't recorded many 5 hour rides?

At my age now, I can't see me ever getting anywhere near those other numbers - great efforts! The powers for 5 secs to 1 hour are roughly 50-55% above what I can manage. The 2 hour power is about 20% higher than mine.

I do quite fancy battling my own power curve though. What I have currently logged on TrainingPeaks is definitely significantly below what I am capable of.

I seem to have picked up yet another winter cold after my hilly 81 km forum ride yesterday, but when I feel better I will try to push my power curve up to more realistic levels.

I am sticking to TPV and outdoor rides until around October. If by then I think that I have a realistic chance of doing Alpe du Zwift in an hour I will use the Zwift trial code that I got with my Victory turbo trainer and see if I can manage it before the trial runs out.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

I am sticking to TPV and outdoor rides until around October. If by then I think that I have a realistic chance of doing Alpe du Zwift in an hour I will use the Zwift trial code that I got with my Victory turbo trainer and see if I can manage it before the trial runs out.

I bought my Victory in mid November last year, can't recall where I read it, but I thought the trial code had to be activated before end of Jan '26.