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Gobi Feb 2021 5:46pm, 21 Feb 2021 73,292 posts	0 Gobi Politics - fact of life sadly Nice win, as you say, you beat who races
jda Feb 2021 8:01pm, 21 Feb 2021 9,471 posts	0 jda Thanks Gobi.
Big_G Feb 2021 11:33am, 22 Feb 2021 701 posts	0 Big_G For anyone interested in badges/XP/routes, I see there is a "badge hunter" series coming up through March. I have done a few of these routes but it's an opportunity to tick off the ones I've not done. zwift.com
lammo Feb 2021 11:34am, 22 Feb 2021 10,416 posts	0 lammo Thanks Big G i'll have a look at that. Nice ride at the weekend by the way, impressive. JDA, as Gobi says you can only beat those turn up, nice win.
TROSaracen Feb 2021 11:39am, 22 Feb 2021 22,933 posts	0 TROSaracen Good work jda, well done on the W.
larkim Feb 2021 12:26pm, 22 Feb 2021 13,568 posts	0 larkim Nice win jda, a win's a win. Still following the FTP builder plan, so far being riding each of the 4 or 5 sessions per week and started doing the sessions on the Alpe for the "free XP" and to built some experience on the lower slopes (not that the game feeds back to my trainer, but familiarity with the route can't harm). My ambition at the end of the 6 week programme is to have another tilt at going up the Alpe at my best endeavours which I'd like (as an A goal) to be under an hour. My best of 2 attempts was 1:06:53 averaging 214W (2.85w/kg based on current weight). I can't see weight dropping over the period, so at 75kg I'd need to be in the mid 240s to get under the hour. I'm probably over-reaching in terms of the ambition (certainly at the moment riding invervals at 220-230w for 6-7 minutes feels sufficiently challenging to make me doubt whether exceeding that for an hour is a realistic prospect), but we'll see. B goal would be say sub 1:03 and C goal for at least bettering last summer's attempt.
lammo Feb 2021 12:50pm, 22 Feb 2021 10,417 posts	0 lammo Larkim, you set too high a bar too early
larkim Feb 2021 12:57pm, 22 Feb 2021 13,569 posts	0 larkim Really? FTP currently (based on ramp test) is c.240 and that's based on me jumping on zwift without cycling for about 5 months. I did try hard last summer, but I was a long way from being cycling adapted, so following this 6 week plan will definitely put me in better shape, and I reckon if I gave the Alpe a try this weekend I'd be pretty close to 1:07 capable. I suppose I was hoping for a steep-ish improvement curve on the basis that aerobically I'm OK at the moment but leg strength wise I'm not. My only two attempts have been a 1:07 and a 1:22, so I've not really got much "PB" to rely on for good data. Maybe I need to factor in a preliminary "test" in a couple of weeks to guage where I'm up to - maybe trying to hold 3.3+w/kg for 30 minutes or so to see where I am? I've done 3.6w/kg in a 30 minute race last year, so that should be achievable-ish.
lammo Feb 2021 1:03pm, 22 Feb 2021 10,419 posts	0 lammo Sorry, facetious comment really, if you're struggling to beat it, it must be too high
larkim Feb 2021 1:23pm, 22 Feb 2021 13,570 posts	0 larkim LOL! Funny, I have a reputation for sandbagging on running challenges (though I don't think I do). My 10m running PB is just under 1:07 and I know if I posted saying "if I train for 6 weeks, do you think I'll be able to crack an hour" I'd get laughed out of the park (rightly!) so I am aware of the gulf between "current" and "aspiration". I suppose I don't like the fact that in running terms I'm a strong mid-70s WAVA runner, but in cycling terms I'm a long way away from that. So I think there's scope for levelling myself up a fair whack with a bit of focus. OTOH, my weight / flab I think will count against me more on Zwift than it does running on the roads.