The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby vbplease » Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:18 pm
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby Mr Purple » Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:45 am
Well done!
You're brave doing a climb like that indoors this time of year. I've been finding my power is ok until about 20 minutes in, then my heart rate just goes over 180 and stays there.
Way too hot and humid in my garage at least.
Agreed on the sprinting thing - big gear, mash the pedals, try to break the handlebars in half = power.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby g-boaf » Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:44 am
One other trick, don’t go too fast on the second sector or the first one for that matter. Go at comfortable pace for those. Otherwise you’ll struggle in the ones after it.
Ventop is good training as well because it is much more relentless- hence why a lot of Zwifters are scared of it. They will ride ADZ but mention Ventop and they run away.
I need to do a few more ADZs for this year to get up over 130 in total and to get myself up quickly to level 70.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby g-boaf » Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:36 am
Just some level 70 kit. I think 72 gets you an Alpe du Zwift jersey unlock, but I don't agree with that - it should only be for people who have done say 50 or 100 ADZ laps.
I'm at level 66 at the moment.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby vbplease » Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:17 am
I've been getting one of my kids to grab an ice brick out of the freezer and I stuff that into the back of my bibs to rest on my back.. that helps a bit.. I'm thinking of making a 'hack' ice vest.. maybe an old shirt with a new pouch on the front and back to put an ice brick in each side.. may send that into GCN for their hack or bodge
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby vbplease » Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:22 am
If ADZ takes me 63mins, how long will Ventop take?g-boaf wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:44 amVentop is good training as well because it is much more relentless- hence why a lot of Zwifters are scared of it. They will ride ADZ but mention Ventop and they run away.
I need to do a few more ADZs for this year to get up over 130 in total and to get myself up quickly to level 70.
I just obtained the level 20 kit last night I'm very late in taking up Zwift.. I favoured Fulgaz to Zwift for quite a while, and may swing back to Fulgaz down the track.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby warthog1 » Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:31 am
It is better than not riding but not by a whole lot imo.
Still no knuckleheaded drivers or path hogging pedestrians to deal with. So if you have to put up with more of that I can see it being far more attractive.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby Mr Purple » Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:34 am
Ventoux is an absolute drudge in Zwift. Very little scenery variation, minimal elevation variation and it just drags on. At least on ADZ you get the switchbacks and can keep your power consistent on each one.
If I were to give Ventoux another shot I'd do it on Fulgaz.
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Postby vbplease » Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:06 pm
That's probably 2hrs for me to ride Ventop.. that's a miss from me, particularly if there's no scenery variation.Mr Purple wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:34 amI did Ventoux once at 223W back in 2020 - it took 1:23. My Alpe du Zwift PB is 44:07/278W for comparison.
Ventoux is an absolute drudge in Zwift. Very little scenery variation, minimal elevation variation and it just drags on. At least on ADZ you get the switchbacks and can keep your power consistent on each one.
If I were to give Ventoux another shot I'd do it on Fulgaz.
It's looking like a high probability of rain for 24-25 dec (in Bne).. I may have a crack riding the festive 500 on one of the bot rides to how long i last..
Anyone else logging the festive 500 indoors?
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby Mr Purple » Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:20 pm
I'm on holiday in Noosa next week so taking the gravel bike. Trail network for me, and presumably lots of mud.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby g-boaf » Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:22 pm
I would say around 90 minutes. When I was at my best I was doing ADZ in low 45 minutes and Ventoux in 69 minutes. Ventoux has some steep 11%+ sections that run for a kilometre or so which then go back to 9-10% which isn't much of a rest. No hairpins to ease things off. It's only once you get nearer the end where it's flatter. Once it drops to 6-7% that feels flat, as it is in real life.vbplease wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:22 amIf ADZ takes me 63mins, how long will Ventop take?g-boaf wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:44 amVentop is good training as well because it is much more relentless- hence why a lot of Zwifters are scared of it. They will ride ADZ but mention Ventop and they run away.
I need to do a few more ADZs for this year to get up over 130 in total and to get myself up quickly to level 70.
I just obtained the level 20 kit last night I'm very late in taking up Zwift.. I favoured Fulgaz to Zwift for quite a while, and may swing back to Fulgaz down the track.
I got the level 67 Giro helmet yesterday.
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Postby g-boaf » Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:01 pm
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby am50em » Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:13 am
Started year with plans to do 10k kms, but diagnosed with SVT in early January so that didn't happen. Cardiac ablation in March meant training started again in April. Started to get back in shape but persistent atrial fibrillation episode at end of September required another hospital visit for cardioversion. Training resumed with little interruption from that but the new drug left me with low energy. Still training was going ok until another afib episode 20 December. Fortunately doubling dose of meds ( as advised by cardiologist) resolved that in a few hours.
So for the year 4875 km, 66k meters climbing.
VO2max estimate 46 at start of year, today 47.5.
Weight has dropped from 97 kg to 90 kg.
Cannot complain about that
Happy New Year!
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Postby davehirst » Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:54 am
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Postby am50em » Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:05 am
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby jasonc » Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:36 am
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Postby g-boaf » Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:25 pm
This afternoon jumped on Zwift and got the badge for the Pretzel - 73.3km and 1362m+. Also got the level 73 unlock from that. I’m dead now.
The are two other Pretzel routes I haven’t done in Watopia but no way I’m doing those. Just not at all.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby Mr Purple » Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:18 am
Did an 8:37/308W which as low power as I've seen in years this morning. With an average HR of 189 which is a fair bit higher than the usual 183 odd.
Given I've done essentially no threshold work the last few weeks that doesn't surprise me but a bit disappointing nonetheless. Suspicious I'm going to have to start working on my seated climbing and probably get a bike fit for an upgrade in the next few years - it can't be good to hitting 190+ climbing at age 42!
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby jasonc » Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:34 am
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby Mr Purple » Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:39 am
That's the thing that makes your fitness hard to judge. How much of it is being a bit off your threshold because of training patterns, and how much of it is because it's hot with 100% humidity and a headwind?
At least my middling time is still 5/301 for this year so it's probably all of us having an issue! Except for the Team Bridgelane rider who did a 7:03/471W. But he probably doesn't count.
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Postby am50em » Wed Jan 10, 2024 1:13 pm
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby g-boaf » Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:07 am
Climb portal climbs (the short ones) are handy to use for intervals - just hammer up the climb then coast down when you turn around at the top.
And with 10 segments, you get 10 chances at 250XP bonus. 25 Climb Portal laps will get you +1000XP.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby jasonc » Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:13 am
i did the willinga hill climb last weekend to see what it was like. i might keep doing it on a saturday morning. not repeats though. i'm doing enough kms at the momentg-boaf wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:07 amI’m using the climb portals in Zwift (the shorter Willunga hill) for repeats, mainly to level up quickly. I’m at level 78 at the moment.
Climb portal climbs (the short ones) are handy to use for intervals - just hammer up the climb then coast down when you turn around at the top.
And with 10 segments, you get 10 chances at 250XP bonus. 25 Climb Portal laps will get you +1000XP.
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Re: The training thread: How was yours? (today/yesterday/etc)
Postby warthog1 » Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:21 am
Just droned along on some new routes yesterday doing pretend ks.
Still, there was no drivers to watch out for or pedestrians wandering aimlessly along blocking the entire path.
I am only at level 32 as I only do it when away at work. It seems to level up more quickly now though.
I went through 75% of a level in 60 something ks.
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