Alpe du Zwift - 200 Days of Training Put to the Test

[@daved5244]

Amazing achievement, bravo! I have learned you just get better and better each time you do it!

[@RoadtoA]

@@daved5244 thank you!

[@AlexandreN-hk2oq]

Well done. I challenged also myself on ADZ yesterday and i climbed it in 57 minutes.

[@RoadtoA]

@@AlexandreN-hk2oq awesome, congrats!

[@ZwiftyZwifter]

Oh, dude, that's amazing! It's the best thing I've ever done on Zwift. Oddly, after a similar amount of training (but almost complete focus for the last 100 days) I, almost, managed an identical time, except my chain snapped with 130m to go! Top stuff, man.

[@RoadtoA]

Oof dude. That's rough. I don't doubt that since then you've improved your time many times though!

[@craigsmith5134]

Man, I just did this same race on Tuesday. Beginning of the year I still didn't have the sub hour but managed to get it mid January. It was such a huge accomplishment for me, riding high for days. Tuesday I wanted a sub 50. Came across the line in 50:08 average watts of 289. Sooo close. Guess I still have a goal ahead of myself for this winter. Good job, keep that high for a while!

[@RoadtoA]

@@craigsmith5134 thanks!

[@dannyj007]

Well done. I know how hard this is to complete in under 60 minutes. Great work!

[@RoadtoA]

Thank you!

[@roeland_st]

Nice effort 💪 I also set my pr in the zwift tour of watopia yesterday my time was 40:09 min I was so empty at the top but had to keep going because someone was quickly gaining on me

[@RoadtoA]

@@roeland_st that's incredible effort! Next time sub 40?

[@roeland_st]

@@RoadtoA​​⁠I hope but it will be difficult

[@zwiftleavesnotyremarks]

Good time great effort your road to A takes you up the alp. Top end B riders 45 to 48 minutes not putting a downer on it

[@RoadtoA]

Long way to go still!

[@benkoh178]

Best feeling on Zwift when you achieve it for the first time ;) well done!

[@RoadtoA]

Thank you!

[@SteakandChains]

2:51 i love the Picture in Picture in Picture

[@RoadtoA]

@@SteakandChains zwiftception

[@SteakandChains]

@@RoadtoA lol

[@ConnorCanRead]

For whatever reason, I thought I saw that it was 3.6 for a subhour, so Monday I got a 52minute ADZ, it felt good to do an hour around threshold.

[@RoadtoA]

@@ConnorCanRead haha 😂

[@Manimal666]

Nicely done with a good consistent effort. My PR is 67:28 and i averaged 294w. I might be able to knock a bit more off but 7 mins is a tall order so not sure it's a badge i'll ever get. At 112kg and 196cm tall I'm not built for climbing.

[@RoadtoA]

My "A cat" goal is also really far still. Keep riding, you will get there!

[@Manimal666]

I'm sure you'll get there. My only goal at the moment is to break 1500w max power, highest so far is 1478w, so close yet feels so far 🤣.

[@RoadtoA]

@@Manimal666 just be careful you trainer doesn't catch in fire with such power! 😂

[@craigsmith5134]

DUDE!!

[@lil__apan]

@@Manimal666 im 15, i weigh 65kg and i have 1400w max power :)

[@SteakandChains]

Absolutely excellent!!!!

[@RoadtoA]

❤️🫡

[@iambonjwa5293]

Congrats man, smashed it! The physical & mental toll required to complete ADZ makes it a great way to gauge your progress and you've destroyed your former self :) I do however wonder if your Zwift FTP might be set a little too high? If you're pushing hard then it seems strange that the game would say that you're mostly riding in your tempo zone.

[@RoadtoA]

Wow, excellent eye, mate! I train with XERT and they calculate FTP slightly diifferently for the purpose of the training. So I have it set at a higher value on Zwift to have the right targets when I do structured training exported from the platform.

[@CycleWithMatts]

Mega effort! My pb is 58.11 but I can surely go sub 55 cause I did that in march lol

[@RoadtoA]

@@CycleWithMatts go for it!

[@natassia42]

Amazing effort!!! 🎉

[@RoadtoA]

Thank you!:)

[@johnthefarmer]

I'm sure I saw you smile with 300m to go when you knew you would make it under the hour. Chapeau! It's a tough old climb to crack in under 60 minutes...

[@RoadtoA]

@@johnthefarmer The funny thing is I didn't know what was the time because I didn't take note of how long did the warmup take. But yeah, at that point I was pretty confident.

[@Taylor-Ma]

I saw myself send you a ride on....lol. The pain and the uncomfortable breathing is worthy to suffer until the ending. Looks like you make a good progress of your arebic ability! I think if I wanna have huge step of improvement, I have to do an hour climbing once a week that keeping my hr around 160. A year ago , 3.2-3.4wkg is my z4 efforts, right now, 3.0- 3.2 is my zone 2.(avg hr 140).

[@RoadtoA]

That's awesome improvement! Thank you for the ride on!

[@drewbuffington]

Congrats man!

[@RoadtoA]

@@drewbuffington thank you Andrew!

[@Mario-vv9jl]

59:59 I see what you did there

[@RoadtoA]

🤣👀

[@eloann]

Nicely paced, you finished strong

[@RoadtoA]

Thank you, I am really happy with this effort (for a change). I don't think I could have done it much better.

[@ThedirtycatCycling]

I feel like I could have a go getting sub 1 hour now. I still might give it a bit more time to increase my ftp and might drop my weight from 69kg to 65kg just to be sure. My ftp was around 225watts based on a 45 min race a few weeks back so I should be able to do it. I was not surprised you managed it as you were Cat B. I was the top of Cat C before they changed the system.

[@RoadtoA]

Go for it! The presence of other riders will hype you up!

[@Taylor-Ma]

I just did it... climbing time is 48m19s. Everything is under controlled. Avg hr 160.. right now I can open 4.0 for more than 40mins. Maybe it is time for me to try 4.4 for 20mins.

[@RoadtoA]

@@Taylor-Ma that's incredible result!

[@lil__apan]

you should do anaerobic interval on warm up

[@RoadtoA]

Generally I do, however, in this case, I was warmed up from my commute home from work.

[@jamesengelsma3]

Great job! Do you feel like the roughly 9 minute lead in gives you enough warmup?

[@RoadtoA]

Not really, but before that I commuted home from work so that was my warmup. :-)

[@SilentM1337]

Good Job!

[@RoadtoA]

@@SilentM1337 thank you!

[@mckwacz268]

Do you use any kind of rocker plate? Your bike sways a lot.

[@RoadtoA]

@@mckwacz268 yes! I use Leeze Boom Board Pro.

[@andysmith8877]

Superb.. :)

[@RoadtoA]

@@andysmith8877 thank you 🫡

[@paulnetherwood224]

Good effort 👌👍. Show the difference that weight makes tho. Last time I did the Alpe, I was just over 57 minutes, but I'm 89kg, and had to average 300 watts to get. You said in one of your recent videos you're around 75kg? Your power output was quite a bit less for similar result. I think I need some more kilos off!! 😅

[@RoadtoA]

@@paulnetherwood224 ye, I weigh 75 atm.

[@benjapolcycling]

Congratulations for 57 minutes. I think at your fitness you can shave another minutes with better pacing and try not to drop the power down (keep the power line smoother).

[@RoadtoA]

@@benjapolcycling I will surely try to!

[@lil__apan]

i climbed it in 1 hour 9 minutes, im 15 and I weigh 65kg

[@RoadtoA]

@@lil__apan awesome man! Keep training, you surely have a great future in front of you!

[@lil__apan]

i havent got gears for this climb

[@RoadtoA]

@@lil__apan if you can get Zwift Click you can use virtual shifting!