ALPE du ZWIFT Full Ridethrough in 4X Speed! | Triathlon Taren

Today I'm riding the new Alpe du Zwift workout in Zwift Watopia. The Alpe du Zwift workout is based on the famed Alpe d'Huez from the Tour de France. See more Zwift workout videos here: • Zwift FTP Test FAIL & Fix
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[@hankrearden7215]

Doing this route once per week has really taken my fitness to the next level.

[@camallan1]

That’s a great idea #JohnGalt

[@MegaMarkoni]

I did it in 60:15 this morning @ 93kg 🙃 Hope to go sub 60 next time...

[@davidkendellen3722]

Holly shizzle, I almost needed a recovery drink after watching that. :)

[@mjsprad]

Very well done video, Taren. I like the way you edited it. Strong workout! I rode this climb myself this morning!

[@dragoon5444]

I love the new climb, it’s good for verifying one’s FTP.

[@takingbackvegan4007]

I’m sitting here with my husband trying to figure out why watching someone do a simulated bike ride for almost 20 mins was entertaining and yet we couldn’t stop watching. P.S. I really want to go ride now

[@TriathlonTaren]

Hahahahah!!! I agree, I don't know why anyone would want to watch me do a simulated bike ride either! SO thanks for that. heh

[@TriathlonTaren]

I should mention, NTK found the video so boring that she turned it off after about 60 seconds... so you guys are seriously dedicated. lol

[@kylewilliams2254]

Solid effort TT! Never afraid...real stuff here...thanks for sharing as always.

[@tomtownsend7273]

Awesome video as usual Taren!

[@bernardhinault9377]

Nice little battle with frenchman G.Fruit. He was certainly tailing you when you first passed.

[@TriathlonTaren]

G. Fruit Vegan! Loved that guy!

[@nathaliec7330]

just did this today and im not near your watts impressive it was a hard climb good job

[@TriathlonTaren]

You'll get there!

[@j.michaeltynan7062]

That was surprisingly entertaining.

[@immerchriswell7924]

Same day video=dedication to the grind

[@TriathlonTaren]

This is TT going old school! lol

[@luisroque5312]

I’m amazed that you are able to keep your heart rate at 170 or less for 270 watts. You are insane man! Great job. I hit 250 and I’m 186 and just wanna die.

[@Lucky008aau]

Nice ride! "G. Fruit VEGAN [XRT]" and you were racing you for the first half or so.

[@GoustiFruit]

Ahah, I just found this video thanks to a KZbin suggestion.I was not racing or trying to keep up with T. Taren, I was following a Xert workout which had me pace about the same as Taren, only pure coincidence ! I didn't know about the channel, but I just subscribed :-) Oh and it's funny to see me climbing out of the saddle as I did 99% of it in the saddle.

[@Lucky008aau]

GoustiFruit φ nice, man, welcome to the trainiacs. Hear that Taren, he beat you without trying! Time to step it up (even though you were passing like 90% of the riders in the video).

[@GoustiFruit]

Proof (if it's not on Strava...): www.strava.com/activities/1478145444 :-) But as I said, it was a workout so I didn't feel the gradient of the climb, I was spinning most of the time instead of grinding on these 10-11% slopes.

[@fritsovid4463]

How do you get that side view minimap and the map below? All I see on my Zwift is 1 minimap that has 3 options to view from above.

[@riccheca19]

Thanks for the video .... makes me want to ride on Zwift .... but too expensive to buy all this stuff!!! but it looks very interesting!!! maybe it might become addictive !!! Cheers

[@hoff920]

I can relate to the first 30 seconds of this video... 1 hour Z2 bike and a 1 hour swim got canned in favour of an all out assault on Alpe Du Zwift

[@jtuds]

How come you’re still able to use the old mini map? I would love to go back to that if I could…

[@Kambe_i]

Congrats Taren it was a great ride! What was your gear ratio?

[@jtuds]

And what are u using for heart rate?

[@scubamike50]

Very Cool. Was that a live ride with other zwifters? What was that "desk thingy" on the front of the bike?

[@TriathlonTaren]

It's the Swift desk

[@fifthcircle1]

Oh, dear God....I'm not a climber. This is going to be brutal.

[@alext6988]

You didn’t drink any water during that whole bit? Were you already hydrated prior? Seems dangerous? Maybe I’m just uneducated.

[@TriathlonTaren]

yes, I was fine.

[@manuelcalleja92]

Does your trainer switch the gears for you or are you switching the gears? Or am I mixing this up with resistance to mimic slope/elevation? Would rollers work similar?

[@TriathlonTaren]

The trainer provides resistance to mimic things, yes. Rollers don't have that ability, so you wouldn't get the same kind of workout.

[@philipyourno7540]

@@TriathlonTaren actually smart rollers, Arion's for example, vary resistance according to pitch on zwift, trainer road, etc.

[@museves]

taiwan kom should be next

[@weepz]

I know this is probably an irrelevant question, but why is the dudes legs in the game moving so fast?

[@dickmartino9933]

4x speed

[@davidpenney36]

What intensity setting do you have zwift on? Default is 50% of the gradient and only found out about this the other week. Now on full 100% and the Epic KOM was bad, can't wait to see what this is like!

[@RoryMacdonald-pfff]

Really wish you hadn't reminded me of this setting before I popped my Alpe cherry :-D Hey @Taren, this setting is commonly misunderstood (eg by me) and might make for a good Zwift topic to cover?

[@davidpenney36]

Rory Macdonald sorry Rory I thought my winter training was going well until I got out on the road and went up to some proper 14% climbs and realised that they were a damn sight harder than on Zwift.

[@dragoon5444]

There is a good article about this on the Zwift Insider site. As far as I understand it, the difficulty setting affects the gears you use, but not the power you need. So you’ll still be doing 300 watts, just in the 28 gear instead of 14, etc. zwiftinsider.com/using-the-trainer-difficulty-setting-in-zwift/

[@MarsMatrix6744]

I made the mistake of riding up with an 11/23 and full difficulty on zwift. I had an average climbing rpm of 55 :/

[@piertechinc]

yes, I agree, and proved it to myself. At 50% setting, i found that i wasnt using my easier gears at all, when I put it to 100% i felt that I needed the easier gears for the climbs.

[@ironmantooltime]

I think you'd be on a lower cadence. You should try again 70 ish. And 60 wouldn't be unusual!

[@krisbowditch827]

46.22 average 320/315Watts 72 kgs 👍rode real course 2 years ago full distance 58 mins 95f .. and a few beers night before 🍺🍺🍺 carbs lol..would hope to do better next time (43 old guy) 👍 keep pushing , keep smashing it 🚵🏽‍♀️🚵🏽‍♀️🏆

[@M3T2W01f]

Tried this last night. My soul hurts.....

[@TriathlonTaren]

But in a good way, right?

[@M3T2W01f]

Triathlon Taren yeah that’s one way to put it.

[@M3T2W01f]

Triathlon Taren it’s a beautiful segment though

[@wallyklejka5754]

I did this in 35 minutes ;)

[@_trust9994]

Cool story bro