Doing another pack ride at 5pm. I feel my family are starting to judge me!
They soon get used to it
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Today I did my first real world road ride for a few months, riding for 3hrs and with wind was tougher than I remember!
Posted 17 hours ago # -
cheers_drive » Today I did my first real world road ride for a few months, riding for 3hrs and with wind was tougher than I remember!
You are going to need a bigger fan in the man cave
Posted 13 hours ago # -
cheers_drive ยป Today I did my first real world road ride for a few months, riding for 3hrs and with wind was tougher than I remember!
You are going to need a bigger fan in the man cave
Or less sprouts.....
Posted 1 hour ago # -
Fewer sprouts
Tried the new London expansion yesterday, whilst you can see the odd bit of Leith Hill they've taken inspiration from it didn't really feel like a digital recreation in the same way as Box Hill. Not convinced I'd recognise it without being told that's what it was, and I've ridden the real climb at least 100 times. Likewise the 'Richmond Park' section, didn't see that at all. Still, all extra roads.
Overtook the Pack that Alex was probably a part of, 616 riders they were saying. Not sure I see the appeal, they were all being told to ride at <2w/kg up the hill, then to wait at the top. Waiting for 600 riders surely takes a very long time, to ride on slowly?
Posted 53 minutes ago # -
Quite enjoyed the PACK ride last night but i wont be joining another 1 lap event again, will stick to workouts and timed events. The mrs was not happy with the 10 minute wait at the top of leith hill (why the **** are you not pedaling, come on crack on and get finished...her words).
Think I'm stuck between top end of catD and low end of catC, always end up in the lead group of these PACK events and well ahead of the main group but catC events always at the back
Plan 1 - No events for 4 weeks and gonna see what the 4wk FTP booster plan does, last nights ride increased my FTP from 190 -> 194 so i guess that's something
Plan 2 - Aim is for 250-300ftp at 78-70kg. Probably a long shot! But i need goals
Plus lost almost 3-4 kg since i started zwifting, probably water weight but its something to take home
Posted 40 minutes ago # -
Yesterday was my first proper chance of being tested on the road for a long quickish day since starting zwift.
The pace went out where i'd normally be fighting to hold a wheel but instead I was feeling fresh and top end of zone 2. Then on to the climbs, I rode these at a similar pace to how I would normally but my recovery was so much quicker. I know I've seen numbers increasing on screen but amazed how much difference they make IRL.
I think I'll jump into TDZ tonight in D cat just as a couple of hours to gently spin some very heavy legs
Posted 38 minutes ago # -
Overtook the Pack that Alex was probably a part of, 616 riders they were saying. Not sure I see the appeal, they were all being told to ride at <2w/kg up the hill, then to wait at the top. Waiting for 600 riders surely takes a very long time, to ride on slowly?
y with the 10 minute wait at the top of leith hil
Yeah that was bizarre. I did a ZT group ride the other night with about 40 riders and it was brilliant. Got into the groove, slowed a couple of times to let the sweeps bring a few back but was a decent work out at a regular pace which is what I just need to do not having done this stuff before.
Last night tho 600+ riders, just too big, too many stragglers and being told not to have a crack at the hills which are the bits I might be better at. IT was a sub 2w/kg ride tho but after Box hill I just did a runner (pedaller?)
I will do some more group rides with the ZT crew but won't bother with a massive pack ride again. Stopping pedalling I just got cold and bored.
I'm away most of this week but will get a ride in Weds. Hopefully it's Watopia. I might just go for the hilly lap and see how I get on.
Posted 14 minutes ago # -
Yesterday was my first proper chance of being tested on the road for a long quickish day since starting zwift.
The pace went out where i'd normally be fighting to hold a wheel but instead I was feeling fresh and top end of zone 2. Then on to the climbs, I rode these at a similar pace to how I would normally but my recovery was so much quicker. I know I've seen numbers increasing on screen but amazed how much difference they make IRL.
Always excellent to hear of people improving in the real world
Nice one.Plus lost almost 3-4 kg since i started zwifting,
Great work keep going !
Posted 11 minutes ago # -
Yes, I thought >600 was far too big to realistically expect it to stay together. There was some chatter going on, like 2-3 messages a minute pr so, but amid 600 riders that's nothing, and many of them were "about to get level 17 bitches" and stuff, not actual conversation. Is there a Discord chat or something? I genuinely don't understand the appeal, there's no social aspect without interaction?
Don't blame you not wanting to wait 10+ minutes, that's just mad. Can you turn around and ride back down the hill to the back of the pack and then ride back up? Or can you not turn around if you're in an 'event'? I've only done races, and never dared try it!
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