Zwift, TR, Sufferfest etc

[Dee Hubbs]

That climb is only 1 minute 20 seconds. Only 450m or 1500ft. I just looked it up on Strava.
If you asked me I’d say it’s like 4 minutes long!

[scharny]

i think a one legged rider may be lying...

Mmmmaybeee. Just started using both legs again around Thanksgiving. That last lap worked me pretty good.


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[buttahflake]

That climb is only 1 minute 20 seconds. Only 450m or 1500ft. I just looked it up on Strava.
If you asked me I’d say it’s like 4 minutes long!

Agreed, it’s no wonder they call it the Leg Snapper

[buttahflake]

Which ride was harder, Tuesday or Thursday?

[justcuz]

Which ride was harder, Tuesday or Thursday?

I thought tonight was harder. Lap three was tough work. Jamal isn’t human. I kept up with him for a while but 7 watts per kg and anything north of 165 bpm is just not in my physiology. It was fun!


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[wendigo]

yeah wattage map was a bit more red today.

[Dee Hubbs]

This week was tougher. Third lap was a good strong pace, but I liked it. For me 3 laps over 2.5 watts makes that last climb hard. I put my head down on that climb for 1:20 and try to keep it above 4.0-4.5 watts, and then hope I can hold above 3.0 all the way to the finish.

[buttahflake]

You can see Scharny chasing us down in your heads up view in the picture. He’s the green dot about to make contact, I had to punch it to grab his wheel, he come by hot!

[buttahflake]

I thought tonight was harder. Lap three was tough work. Jamal isn’t human. I kept up with him for a while but 7 watts per kg and anything north of 165 bpm is just not in my physiology. It was fun!


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You timed your feather power-up perfectly on the last trip up the climb. I dropped mine too early and was burying myself to get on your wheel, and then you dropped yours and rode away from me. Jamal went by me so fast to chase you down!

[wendigo]

yeah i just watched y'all go by. i'm screwed on the flats with 1x11 gearing and a 34 up front but it's nice to push harder than i would solo

[justcuz]

You timed your feather power-up perfectly on the last trip up the climb. I dropped mine too early and was burying myself to get on your wheel, and then you dropped yours and rode away from me. Jamal went by me so fast to chase you down!

Yeah I felt bad using that power up but I was like “I’m gonna keep up with Jamal”. Then I feel like I’m gonna faint and reality set in.


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[grrrmountainman]

They both challenged me - great group though and i look forward to continuing to get better on that 8 minute hill of hell

zwift setup.. how to tell someone is a bachelor

[buttahflake]

yeah i just watched y'all go by. i'm screwed on the flats with 1x11 gearing and a 34 up front but it's nice to push harder than i would solo

Where are you running your trainer setting at? I’m running mine at just under 50% and do must rides in the little ring. I wonder if you need to slide yours up to over 50%. Can anyone confirm if this will help?

[EWG]

That was the start of the ride, you should have seen all the red on my graph in the final 3 miles!
I had a max heart rate of 181bpm! Old guy can still punish, not bad for 55 years old.

Yeah, I hear ya. You guys are making me work. My max heart rate on my Garmin for these last three group rides was 195, 201 and 191. I'm not many years behind you. Have I mentioned how much I hate being out of bike shape? Very few real rides in the last 5 years will do that to you. But I'm committed to getting back. Also as you can tell from the power graph below I have no earthly idea how to ride these zwift groups rides smoothly. It looks like Superman's fortress of solitude or some shit.

Anyway, these rides are helping. Thanks boys. See ya Tuesday.

[kathleenturneroverdrive]

I’m pretty new to race effort fueling strategies, but I’m finding the intensity of a typical Zwift ride is too high for me to enjoy/want to eat “real” food during a ride, and at the same time, the last thing I want to do is hop off the trainer to eat something “real” and extend my overall ride time.

So that has me thinking I need to look at an easier way to ingest calories while hammering out a long Zwift ride or race - anyone have any experience/like with high calorie sports drinks like Skratch Superfuel?

[buttahflake]

I prefer the SIS gels, they are not at all like GU. Really thin and viscous, super easy to get down when you gasping for air on a Zwift race. It’s what the pros use. I see them attached to almost every bottle handed out of the team cars. It tastes good and it works really fast.

[kathleenturneroverdrive]

Oh cool I’ll check those out for sure. I’m not opposed to GU at all but I find after like 3-4 I kind of burn out on them. Something thinner would def help that

[Dee Hubbs]

Not sure where you buy your nutrition from, but The Feed usually has some good holiday deals. And I really like you can but one pack of this, and one pack of that, and not have to commit to a whole box of something that might not work for you.

[huckbucket]

Oh cool I’ll check those out for sure. I’m not opposed to GU at all but I find after like 3-4 I kind of burn out on them. Something thinner would def help that

How much you eating over a typical hour long ride? My philosophy is that if you're properly fed the day or two before and have supplement in your drink, then anything under two hours just doesn't require extra food. YMMV of course but I see people over eating and over drinking (especially on race efforts) all the time. For example, if you're well hydrated going into a cross race lasting 45 mins I see little need to carry a bottle.

[huckbucket]

DH, we doing the same two-ride-schedule this week?

[EWG]

My lovely wife has informed me that I am dropping sweat on the rug and should consider a mat underneath. That was not exactly how she phrased it.

Anybody got a good mat they like that is reasonably priced? What are you guys using?

[kathleenturneroverdrive]

How much you eating over a typical hour long ride? My philosophy is that if you're properly fed the day or two before and have supplement in your drink, then anything under two hours just doesn't require extra food. YMMV of course but I see people over eating and over drinking (especially on race efforts) all the time. For example, if you're well hydrated going into a cross race lasting 45 mins I see little need to carry a bottle.

I’m the same as you. Outdoors, on sub 2 hour rides I don’t bring food or water. Indoors I do drink on those rides since I get so hot, but don’t eat.

It’s the 2+ hour, race type rides I really need a strategy to fuel. Couple weeks ago I did a Zwift B group century that meant nonstop, no break 2.8 - 3.2w/kg for almost 4 hours. GU every 45 minutes or so worked at first but I got kind of sick of those. So tried to eat real food without slowing down. And that’s super tough - I just can’t choke down peanut butter toast or a snickers or whatever in the middle of a ride without slowing down. So that’s what I’m looking for alternative fueling solutions for - water with carbs, gu that doesn’t taste awful after a few hours, etc.

[Iowagriz]

It took approx 3 weeks ,but I finally finished my garage Zwift and bike space. Garage had the drywall tape and first coat of mud. I did two more coats of mud, then primer and paint. Cheap carpet ($100)and strategically placed plug strips. The hardest part was the constant moving of stuff/boxes to get to the next section to work.

Done, I can finally join you guys this Tuesday.

Photos through the process

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[RootSkier]

Lookin' good, have you considered a massive Griz stenciled pawprint on the wall?

[Iowagriz]

I am a Griz fan, but not quite a fanatic.

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