1 YEAR LATER!? Can a beginner climb the tallest mountain in Zwift?
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
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So last year I climbed the Alpe Du Zwift, and it took me a massive 90 minutes. How much faster am I now, one year later? Watch and find out!
0:00 Last year...
1:01 Start of Climb
3:20 Halfway
4:55 Final Push
6:21 I almost cried...
6:55 End Stats
Correction:6:19 Sorry for the lack of audio, got a copyright claim on some music so youtube muted it
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Sorry for the audio on the final sprint, got a copyright claim on my banging playlist so youtube changed it
Well done mate huge improvement nice red bar too
Massive improvement dude!! quite inspiring! Honestly, you could shave 6mins in the next 2-3 months with active training.
Thanks Eric!! I hope so too! The main thing is the weight, if I could get down to about 85kg everything zwift would be so much easier 🤣
I thought this was going to be Ven-Top from the title, but always good to see someone take on the Alpe. Some very nice progress on show there. Chapeau! Your hair was the star of the show. :D
I made the mistake of calling the alpe the highest mountain last year, so had to stick with it for this year 🤣
Still haven't attempted ven top, it just seems so boring without the hairpin timer to aim for
Great job, man! Just finished doing the Alpe for the second time since getting destroyed by it in November. Still no love for the route!
Cheers! It grows on you after a while... Definitely the best way to measure progress
Great work over the last year.
Solid effort mate!
The Alpe with its segments is easily my fav!! Nicely done 💪💪
Good improvement! Started in January with Zwift, and i rode AdZ last weekend for the first time in my life and it took me 84min, hope i will also make some progress this year, under 1h would be the ultimate goal 😎
84 is a great first attempt! Let me know how you do when you try it again!
@@JMower Wow same time as me! 👏
Encouraging. I’ll ride that next weekend for the first time. Good work 👍💪🏽
That was awesome dude!! I was cheering you on so much at the end, that counts as 66mins for sure brother.
Fantastic achievement! 👍
it would take me a week to get up there well done on the improvement
Well done that's a great effort. Huge respect for using 100% TD, that massively increases the fatigue and makes it far harder, well done 👍
Amazing effort! Must feel great to see (and feel) how much you have improved!
Absolutely! Going day by day sometimes the progress seems really slow, but looking back over the long term it's 100% there!
Great progress man, yesterday I was watching the old one :D
Cheers! The year has flown by! 🤣
Well done 😊
I feel that frustration, but man(!), you sure know how to set accurate and achievable goals!
What fantastc progress you've made, well done. An inspirational journey.
Thanks! Hoping to keep it up this year! Sub 60 incoming!!
Nice job! Really inspiring to follow you 👊
Awesome! Thank you! Much more good stuff coming soon!
Inspiring!! Congrats!!🤩
Thanks so much!
How awesome was that.. incredible journey and the gains are impressive.. after you have ticked this off under 1 hour, the next one is to do Ventop under 90minutes..
Great effort ! Really happy to see you back on the bike :)
fyi To protect your bike from the salt try to put your blanket on your handlebar
Thanks!! Good point, normally I give the handlebars a wipe down after a ride so hopefully they shouldn't get too salty
Wow massive gains in just a year 👍well done👋 cat B is just around the corner
Absolutely! That's the aim for this year, becoming a solid cat B rider and going under 60 mins!
Wow you did a great job beating last year’s results!
Thanks!! Hoping to go sub 60 mins next year!
well done, that's a significant improvement, there's no tougher test on zwift; now to go sub-60 its about repeatability of power at a lower heart rate zone. if you can make the same power at a lower heart rate then your fatigue will decrease over time and you'll have more 'freshness' to a point per segment - look at your stats you average heart rate was higher, should have been the same or lower (only by a bit). How to achieve? do longer group rides in z2/3 (seems counter intuitive to smashing it in a race). however - that way you''ll push your power up for less effort - by having a broader zone 2-3 to work in, this should mean same power for less effort, and for power output you can hold watts for longer without fatiguing. hence repeatability. Kinetic Cycle Coaching has some good z2 discussion on it. good work buddy.
Wow that was quite the effort! You beat my best time of 84 minutes by 18 minutes. Last time I did the Alpe though I did it in 107 minutes during the grueling Uber Pretzel...
really impressive power and time well done. Huge improvement
Thanks!!
Well you are not a beginner in my eyes 😮you have achieved more than me in 1 yer than I in 3 years,really nice work 💪🏻
Smashed it, reckon you could knock another 5-10 mins if you carry on with weight loss and increase the power to 300w 👊💪💪🇪🇺
That's the goal for this year!
Amazing stuff! Strange how that arbitrary half second means so much in the moment!
hahah yeah very true! I just round it down to 66mins anyway 🤣
@@JMower maths fact
Strong one!
Congratulations. Super ride. You've sure come a long way in a year. - it'll be interesting to watch your progress through another year. (And since the clock stopped at 66:00.45, less than half a second over, you can legitimately round it off to 66:00 - even though Strava rounds it up to 66:01)
hahah definitely agree with rounding down!
If I can lose another 5kg then the 60 minutes shouldn't be too hard! 10kg and I could even be looking at perhaps 55mins!!
@@JMower I think they say 3.2 Wkg is the mark for sub 60 minute and that's what I had to hold to get 59 minutes. Although that was before I unlocked the lighter bike and wheels so that might help a bit. So at 90 kg and 10W power bump it seems achievable.
Well done, great progress in just a year!
Outstanding, JMover👏👏👏 Fantastic result! Tell me about your Trek bike. Did you buy it online? Have you done any bike fit?
Cheers! I got it online, just chose the size the website suggested based on height and inseam length. No proper bike fit, just adjusted lots of things until I felt comfortable
Nice video J. Mower! Have you already climbed the Radio Tower climb in Watopia? Very short (0.9 kilometers), but super tough.
Cheers!
Yep I've done the radio tower, horrible in a different kind of way. Although at my old apartment the final 200m to the gate was up a similar grade so I had lots of real life experience for the short punchy climbs 🤣
Great effort. The amount of power you need to put out at that weight is considerable. I did the same, 80mins first time at 90kg and got down to sub-60 mins at 85kg. Lose more weight, it will be easier! Also, you should have previous data to compare with. Knowing that you are beating your previous effort on each section is a massive morale boost. Good luck, I'm sure you'll be posting a sub 60 later this year.
Definitely hoping to get the weight off long term, if I could get down to about 80kg and keep the same power I would be a solid B rider`!
So here's a little tip for you on conquering Alpe de Zwift. If you were to actually climb this beast in real life you would go with a very easy group set that would allow to spin faster and not grind and kill your legs. So, what I do, whenever I climb APZ, I lower the trainer difficulty which in essence gives you more easy gears to spin and not grind.
Luckily I had a 34 small chainring and 34 on the back, so for most of it I could spin quite easily. Only when the gradients get to around 12%+ do I feel the need to lower the trainer difficulty
I think a lot of that stuff is personal preference. I did my best Alpe time with a 52/36 and 11-28 and 100% trainer difficulty. Had to grind the whole way, but I seem to find that ok.
A good strategy for the Alpe is to do a negative split. You need to hold 3.2wk to go sub hour on it. So do the first half a bit under, like 3wk, then on the second half, or even a little later, bring the power up.
Great ride. Did you have the lightest bike and wheel option at your disposal? Huge improvements. Swift calculator works well and I would guess that if you lost another stone and kept your power the same you will be under 60. Keep it going. All the best.
I was using the cannondale evo and zipp 353s, so a pretty lightweight setup! Under 60 is the goal for this year definitely!
I did it in just under 60 minutes yesterday. 95kg like you. I tried to get more zone 2 miles in my training. That helped massively 😊
Congrats on your effort, mate!
Cheers! Hoping to get sub 60 this year! Definitely going to be doing more zone 2 once the weather gets nicer. Zone 2 on the trainer is just so boring
Nice! I‘m a low B with 101kg and struggle with climbs and winning races as well. I need to lose weight for sub 60 but I also despise doing AdZ 😂
Great stuff! Average heart rate only 4bpm higher and much more power than your last attempt!
Thanks!! I've definitely become more comfortable sustaining higher powers, hoping for sub 60 mins by the end of the year!
Strong effort. Your Ftp might even be slightly higher than 270 judging by the amount of red in the graph you were able to sustain over a 60min effort. I know it make for a better yt title but the alpe is not the tallest mountain on zwift. That would go to the Mont Ventoux replica. Nice to see how you progressed in the last 1-2 years. Keep it up💪
My guess of 270ftp was based on what my garmin said from an outdoor ride the week before. It was actually set at 260 in zwift and updated to 270 after this ride. I think most of the red would've been orange if it were set correctly!
I've been meaning to try Mont Ventoux, but it doesn't have the corner breakdown like the alpe does, so it would be such a boring ride... but eventually I'll get round to it 🤣
How do you set up your garmin heart rate monitor to connect to Wahoo Kickr? For some reason mine won't connect
Brilliant work! Could you let me know which website / app you went to to estimate how long your effort would take please.
Thanks! It's alpeduzwift.com/
@@JMower thank you!
How many gels did you eat? I think I neglect that a lot.
I did this the first time after I saw your first vid and ended in 64:10 and was thinking that 60 was possible. 3 weeks later I gave it all I had in me and did it in 50:29. Never thought that was possible. Thx for inspiring me man!
Haven’t done it in over a year. I should do it again. Even tough I will be slower most likely right now. Still a great challenge.
2 gels, but the first water bottle had some carb mix added. 50mins is proper impressive, hopefully one day I can get a time like that!!
@@JMower based on the time you improved already I have no doubt.
losing weight is a big help. I lost a lot during covid. hmmm drinks with carb is a great hint. I need to prepare the next alpe du zwift better ;)
Your countryman Katie Kookaburra can do it in less than 60 minutes! She's an ego crusher. 😿
Where is the "calculator" you mentioned? I'd like to go under 60 minutes. My best so far is 68 minutes. I'd like to figure out exactly how much weight I need to lose because at my age(61) I'm pretty much as fit as I can get.
alpeduzwift.com/
Good luck!
Should have used your aero power up!
Omg, yes!!
hahaha didn't even notice I had that! Definitely would've shaved that half second off! 🤣
Why do you eat during treshold effort? It doesn't help you at all, get enough carbs before the effort not during it, it can seriously mess up your performance as your intestines really have little blood supply since everything goes to your muscles.
Interesting, I've always eaten during the efforts and never had any stomach problems. Maybe I'm just lucky 😂
Why do keep saying you're a beginner when you've been doing this for quite a while