Zwift Chat

[alex_cycles]

I think you could probably also do that with the running side of Zwift - get one of those Bluetooth footpods that you tie to your shoelaces, and when you know you're off on a walk somewhere, put a phone with Zwift on it in your back pocket and knock out a handful of running XP at the same time, maybe even level up. I did think about doing this once but never got round to it, but I don't see why it couldn't work.

I'm quite proud of my zero km in Zwift running

 

[steverob]

I'm quite proud of my zero km in Zwift running

I want some more badges dammit!

I'm never going to get the 1000 watts or higher badges, so if I can get some running ones without having to, you know, RUN, all the better!

 

[Whorty]

I want some more badges dammit!

I'm never going to get the 1000 watts or higher badges, so if I can get some running ones without having to, you know, RUN, all the better!

Running is for those skinny weird people

 

[alex_cycles]

I did a little blog post about my Audax. Hope it's at least slightly funny
https://cyclopathy.com/2026/11/11/2...x-2026-131-miles-mostly-solo-7-november-2026/

 

[Dorset Boy]

Running is for those skinny weird people

Who haven't realised the wheel and bikes have been invented.....

 

[alex_cycles]

Who haven't realised the wheel and bikes have been invented.....

It's also permitted if you are chasing someone who has just made off with YOUR bike.

 

[steverob]

I gave up running in 2019, having injured my ankle twice in the space of a few weeks while training for a 10K. It swelled up like crazy and I ended up having to wear an ankle support and do physio for months while it healed. I'd had other running injuries previously but this one, where it was so bad it kept me off the bike as well, was the last straw!

I still do a lot of walking though, so if I could game-ify that, it would be something fun.

 

[ColinJ]

Running is for those skinny weird people

I saw a lot of skinny runners out on the local hill roads on Saturday.

I would like to go running but, like @steverob, the last time I did it I injured myself so it is probably not a good idea to do it again!

If I do give way to temptation, I think I will try that odd shuffling style which is slower and gentler, reducing the risk of injury, and giving 'proper' runners a laugh.

 

[Whorty]

I gave up running in 2019, having injured my ankle twice in the space of a few weeks while training for a 10K. It swelled up like crazy and I ended up having to wear an ankle support and do physio for months while it healed. I'd had other running injuries previously but this one, where it was so bad it kept me off the bike as well, was the last straw!

I still do a lot of walking though, so if I could game-ify that, it would be something fun.

I gave up running after the Great South Run in 2001 in Portsmouth. 10 miles, pretty hard - but what convinced me that I'm not a runner is when I was overtaken in the last 1/2 mile by a tree. And my wife never let me forget that fact I figured that if someone dressed as a tree can run a 10 miler faster than me, then I'm not a very good runner lol

 

[Norry1]

I always think of running as the pre-injury precursor to cycling.

 

[ColinJ]

I had forgotten that we covered this last November!!

I started to get into running about 35 years ago. The first few weeks half killed me but eventually I built up enough fitness to start enjoying it.

That enjoyment was brought to a sudden stop one dark autumn evening though when I sprinted round a bend on an unlit lane and planted one foot on the edge of a huge unseen pothole. I fell heavily. I had twisted the ankle so badly that my entire foot and leg up to my shin went purple, black and blue by the next day. I had discomfort in that ankle for several years after that and never got back into running.

Recently, I have been considering trying low impact slow 'shuffle running' in the local park. There is a 1 km path round the park itself, and a great network of paths up the wooded hillside immediately adjacent to the back of the park.

 

[alex_cycles]

I had forgotten that we covered this last November!!

Creatures of habit

 

[Norry1]

Creatures of habit

........ and fading memory

 

[Whorty]

Creatures of habit

Or we're getting old and our memories are failing us lol

Just saw Martin already made this comment

OOps haha

 

[Venod]

All this talk of running is giving me itchy feet, to give it another go, I packed in after a head on cycling accident badly damaged my right knee, I have run since but find it hard to develop it into a habit, I am still enjoying cycling both indoors and out and keep finding challenges and targets to hit before running again, updating Zwift bikes has seen a lot of indoor motivation, Strava 100.000 miles was another target, now aiming for 10,000 miles cycling for the year.
A motivation for running is my lad doing park runs, he got a PB of 20:05 last week, I would like to give him encouragement to go sub 20.