Hunting SPRINT Points | ZWIFT Racing League 2021 Round 4 in Yorkshire

[@peterkiely11]

I can confirm that I did stop for a biscuit half way through my sprint 😂😂 Well done again, two quality sprints 💪

[@peterkiely11]

@@MarkLewisfitness one per sprint 😂

[@lordfresh]

Nice dude! How did you know you were in this video? 🤣

[@philldoraine3549]

11:40 when u train your dog to run when you scream "GO" 😂😂😂

[@rajf]

Hey Mark, great result. Joel and myself, from BRT Typhoon, employed the same tactic except we tried to stay at the back of a group so we gained extra speed by sprinting through them. FYI there's a few BRT riders that do the CLS hills and thrills ride at 18:50 Fridays (zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=1652264) as practice for the coming Tuesday (they use the same route). We find it helpful to gauge the pace and practice leadouts/positioning. Good luck for your remaining races!

[@hilltop1972]

Nice! Absolute power is king with the right condition/race/tactics. Many folks, including me, are quite jealous of a 1000w+ 15-ish second sprint. That's just not easily trained. Well done.

[@bparker6442]

would also like to have seen the "Bryn falls off", great video mate

[@groovedigga101]

Really enjoying your zwift content Mark 👍

[@cyclingboss469]

Good breakdown of the race. Keep up the hard work! 💪 Well done in grabbing so many points.

[@stewartsayer7555]

Great tactics Mark. Pity your team mate dropped his chain. You were working the KOM well together. I tried to leave myself out again this week. But our No. 1 rider had to drop out. So I jumped in (not a fair trade). The A Cat start was insane, 450W and getting dropped. Then the pack kicked it up on the first hill. I made a respectable (for me) 57th. Keep milking those sprints for points mate. Loving the videos.

[@zanecoates7082]

Quality content mate, not sure if you remember me saying I was attempting to run as a cyclist but found crippling calf pain to be an issue. I brought myself some actual running shoes (had been using tennis shoes to run, forgive me) and now I've just managed to crack my first 10 km in 51 minutes. Your videos are great for motivation, thanks man, keep it up.

[@zanecoates7082]

@@MarkLewisfitness Yup that's the plan, doing fit for life pe in school which involves running a 10km as a test, I want an excellence in it which takes a 43 minute 10km.

[@RideWithGerben]

I like this strategy to get the points. Nice power btw, you'll be riding in the A's soon and contesting the sprints there. :) Zwift is a game and what you make of it, my strategy is contesting longer climbs, it brought me from B to A+ in a year. I keep far away from sprint powerhouses like you. Too fast! Keep it up, love the video!

[@adthorne]

I did exactly the same in the A race.... sit up and hit the sprint. Well done

[@jacobjackson8537]

These predator clips are fire 😅😅😅

[@christianlilleb451]

love your zwift videos.. keep up the good work

[@JimHaysom]

Such a great video Mark. Great breakdown and strategy!

[@djconnel]

This is brilliant. Great job playing the game.

[@pandacharm]

Great video, thank you! Been looking for some specific zwift sprint tips. Been hard to find. Do you plan on doing any video on how to do a good slingshoot?

[@baronvonhoughton]

What progess, really playing the game now, great use of the brawn and brain!

[@jisber1]

Nice haircut! :) Congrats on a solid performance. Now, you have to try TR

[@benbos1925]

Take out “painless”, i’m gonna have me some fun”

[@benbos1925]

@@MarkLewisfitness was thinking the same thing. How can you reference: get to the chopppaaa

[@benbos1925]

How is it going with your Trainerroad training stuff? Or do you not use them anymore. I just signed up for my first Triathlon at the end of may and think they are the right tool for the job. However, enjoying the Zwift riding. So also looking into combining the two.

[@benbos1925]

@@MarkLewisfitness I thing I am reaching that conclusion as well! Just one work out short to finish a Zwift training plan and than I'll start a TRI plan with TR. Enjoying your videos buddy! Especially because I am also always looking at the above average in Zwift rides and races.

[@bryngriffith]

Great vid Mark as always...sorry to mess my climb...still pissed off!

[@redoinslimani8424]

like the video's, nice stories, especially about zwifting and running keep it up

[@jbspillman]

Random Question: If you are racing ZRL on Tuesdays, what day is leg day at the gym?

[@jbspillman]

@@MarkLewisfitness I was going to add them in to my schedule. I usually don't care about the upper body days impacting my Cycling of course. I need to add running back in as well..

[@martinandrews2860]

Thx for that again Mark, great content and made me chuckle. Nice tactics and power. Just a hunch, suspect at some point Zwift may limit the sprinter points or limit in some way how Far you can be behind for the sprint points to count. In the meantime make hay. Just my guess, no insider knowledge. Close to being lapped? Joking and who cares eh. Better than average by a mile....lovely.

[@martinandrews2860]

@@MarkLewisfitness 😂 indeed. 👍a potential analogy is in the Tdf ( I know, it isn’t but bear with) where every day riders need to finish within I think 17 per cent of the winner that day in order not to get kicked out. So they can’t sand bag for the sprint days and merely roll along on the grippy days. Compared to the overall single winner of the zwift race you got a lot of points using the sprint rules. arguably. I don’t argue that. I’m 101kg myself and love the whole gig of what you are doing. I think it’s great. The rules giveth and the rules takth away. So Know the rules. Lighter riders may complain was a thought I had. So. Ssshhhhhhhh! On the counter, zwift are creating lots of races with a points system so races within races, hence rules to be known and taken advantage of. Crack on. God I can go on a bit. 👍

[@RobBZwift]

nice content Mark enjoy your vids, That wahoo bike was working hard during those max efforts, do you think its improved your sprints as it moves quite abit? Currently running a kickr Core myself and looking at the wahoo & Tacx bikes

[@RobBZwift]

@@MarkLewisfitness cheers will look forward to see what the outcome is

[@TBallS46]

I know you think that was great. Those sprints are good, and would get the b cat fal points most days. But you should of raced with the peleton, the whole course is effectively just a bunch of 1 to 5 minuet efforts. This plan should of been the back up, if you had got dropped off the KOM. I honestly see a rider who could of won that stage from the performance I saw. Including the fal in the sprint. Take it from a sprinter who knows :D I did love the race break down. Do you do any videos for work outs off the bike aimed at sprinters?

[@TBallS46]

@@MarkLewisfitness I know the feeling, I never considered myself a sprinter before doing zrl point races. Now for the first time ever im looking to do off the bike weight training to improve sprints. I still think you could be winning these races.

[@TheBUCKEYEFAN13]

Your videos are hilarious mate, keep it up

[@leedixon2113]

They obviously give far too many points out for the sprints! LOL Great video

[@TGTD100]

Very entertaining as always! 👍 I recently reenacted your Insbruck sprint (only with less wattage...I blame it on the bike of course! 😂) Which Bike/Wheel combination do you currently use? And do you think that matters much in the first place ? I hope your toe can be saved!

[@akira84377]

Marks's home schooling this week was educating the kids who the Predator is

[@akira84377]

@@MarkLewisfitness Haha this is true, youngest saw it in fortnite. I was like son its time to be properly educated on why you need to be jacked when aliens visit

[@ibnchukkara]

1.)You forgot to tell us how your toe kept up.... 2.)Watching that poor Kickr Smart ... I just hope you dont get hurt when it falls apart... and I am sure it will at some point.

[@iankirton368]

How you doing Mark? are you still racing?

[@AB-qx3pf]

So...no base miles this month?

[@TheUltimateULTRA]

why are you not on the drops mate?

[@sklyarov]

Why only chance? I also race C and I have couple teammates that are about your weight. One of them is on podium most of the races in ZRL.

[@sklyarov]

@@MarkLewisfitness Haha, fair enough! I just think that you could do both - score well on sprints and also do some damage with sprint FALs.

[@skaramanga007]

You’re going to have a field day in 3 weeks on Libby Hill After Party course , 5 sprints on a pan flat course before the climb at the end

[@wazzerbaby]

@@MarkLewisfitness so we’ll have to wait until midnight for you to finish the course and WTRL computes the scores? 🤣 Since there is no need for a stair lift to save your legs, can I support you by requesting a travelator?

[@wazzerbaby]

@@MarkLewisfitness 58 points in FTS would be impressive! Even better if you take 10 points for the first FAL as well 👏👏👏

[@stuartevans6807]

Nice work exactly how to get the sprint points. I got the kom points in my race from the front pack w2c2

[@skaramanga007]

Why did you get Jen to time your 2nd lap , your times come up on the left of the screen

[@skaramanga007]

@@MarkLewisfitness no , even if you check your video , the left hand side swaps between the quickest times for everyone , and all YOUR fastest times....if you look it says 17.something....and “just now’ after the time...this section usually shows your quickest times over the last 30 days ....and the sprint you just did was the 2nd fastest , hope that makes sense

[@skaramanga007]

If you go to 12:15 of your video...you’ll see 17:16 as your time

[@RichardVeenman]

While I do agree with your tactics to go for the Fastest Through Segment points, I think you underestimate how competitive you are when it comes to climbing. Obvious in category A, the lighter people have a major advantage when it comes to climbing. But due to the category cut-off being watt/kg, if you are at the top of your category you will climb just as fast as any other C rider. Since if they climb faster, they need to increase their watt/kg and that will promote them to the B category. Should you change your tactics focusing on sprinting? I don't think so. But you can race pretty competitive when it comes to climbing as long as your watt/kg for non-sprinting efforts is in the top of your category, regardless of your weight. I'm in the D category and 108kg, so I have some experience with being the heaviest in the race ;-)

[@shanegreen2583]

At one point Ben hit 30w/kg

[@PedroPrego]

Are you sure you bike isn't going anywhere? It really seems you are going to rip it apart. W.r.t. To dropping a chain on a Kom attempt... Come on!! You don't shift big ring on a Kom attempt. That's why there is a slider called trainer difficulty. You move it prior to the race such that you (him) doesn't need to change from the big ring.