I Thought I BOMBED This ZWIFT Race But Then THIS Happened

After destroying myself on the Knickerbocker's brutal climb ZWIFT's ZRacing Series I thought my result would be a disaster. But was it really?
My name is Adam, I am 35 years old and I am a former marathon runner who shifted his focus on ZWIFT CYCLING.
Road to A is a channel focused on INDOOR ZWIFT RACING with the ultimate goal of reaching the A+ CATEGORY. Is it progression realistic? Maybe. I'll need to train a lot and lose a lot of weight, too. However, I believe the BIGGEST LIMITATIONS riders (and athletes in general) have are those they put on themselves and this channel is my way to prove that idea. If you feel like you are riding (or living) BENEATH YOUR POTENTIAL, you need to tag along! The destination is clear but the journey won't be easy.
Currently I am racing in C CATEGORY.
SUBSCRIBE because it makes me happy :) : www.youtube.com/@RoadtoA/?sub...
As for my ZWIFT SETUP - I am riding on a ZWIFT HUB ONE indoor trainer. Steering can give you pretty substantial advantage during the racing and for that I am using the ZWIFT PLAY controllers. I use these for virtual shifting as well and to make sure I'll be covered if they run out of battery or generally stopped working, I've got the ZWIFT CLICK as well. I am running my Zwift in 4K and using the ULTRA settings.
#RoadToA
Chapters:
00:00 Highlights
00:18 Intro + Race Start
02:18 Attacks right from the start!
14:18 Insane effort on New York KOM!
19:15 Dropped on the downhill
21:20 Crisis
33:49 Last 3k and a surprising finish

[@RoadtoA]

This was very challenging rolling course which means I didn't talk as much. While that might be definitely a good thing when I keep myy mouth zipped 🤣, I also do longer races where I talk a lot: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j32ze4KOor-oh6c

[@santiago0072002pr]

Dropping the watts punch at the end there!! Keep up brother, you got this!! Getting better everyday!

[@RoadtoA]

Thanks! Was pretty pleased with that one, all things considered. Ride on!

[@Robbo59]

Hello Sir, I have to say I was very impressed with that ride. A I am finding a lot of people are quitting this course mid race as they can’t deal with it. I’m also finding a lot of people are struggling to get under 37:15 so you have done really well with that effort. Good luck with taking on the B cats in Zwift games. I’m in a similar position as your currently knocking on the door to move so I’m excited to see the difference in category’s. I have to also say your video editing is so impressive I love that you put in all the stats of the course etc.

[@RoadtoA]

Thank you very much! I am glad you like the editing, I am actually now working on an extra feature that should make the videos even more enjoyable, hopefully I can finish it by the next video!

[@thewattlife]

Great work- see you in a Cat B race soon

[@RoadtoA]

Thank you very much, fingers crossed!

[@frannyyarina]

Good job...

[@RoadtoA]

Thank you!

[@Greg41982]

Man, if this is what Cat C racing looks like, count me out. Zwift assigned me as Cat C, but no way man.

[@RoadtoA]

Don't get discouraged man, C has a wide range of riders. This was a very short race which suits me well and according to numbers, I am pretty close to B anyway. You'll be fine! Good luck and thanks for stopping by!

[@frannyyarina]

where do you get those zwift photos from?

[@RoadtoA]

Those are not actually zwift photos (if you are refering to the pictures on thumbnails). Those are AI generated - I just try to specify with the prompts how should it look to capture the feeling of the specific race. It takes many tries but I find that in the end the result is quite good - what do you think?