Zwift Academy Road: [Short] Workout 6 | Push the Pain Barrier

Already very sweaty and wet from doing Workout #5 in the same session, I was more than warmed up for this ride. This one caught me off guard as I hadn’t realised there were only 15 second gaps between the first 5x 30’s. In fact I only realised this on the fourth effort – yes, … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: [Short] Workout 5 | Pyramids

Right then, another day of two workouts in a row. Opting for the “short” variants to get all of the six workouts done in a week, I wasn’t sure what to expect from these two today. The main metric I had paid attention to was Duration. Doing workouts #3 and #4 on Thursday I was … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: Workout 2 | FTP Short Blocks in New York

The plan is working so far. Looking at the remaining workouts I have to complete (3-6), I can do all the short workouts in the time remaining, along with the Finish Line ride, and be done by Sunday. That will then mean doing the full workouts over the following weeks to make up the difference. … Read more

Zwift Academy Road 2022: Workout 1 | Aerobic Conditioning

A little late to the party, but I decided to see if I can complete the Zwift Academy Road 2022 series within the next 8 days. I believe I have to complete six workouts and two group rides. As best I am aware, the two group rides are the Baseline & Finish Line rides. The … Read more

Back On Zwift

Good news. A bike ride where I neither got wet, nor nearly killed. Ahh, how I have missed the turbo trainer. No. Genuinely. I think it massively helps that Zwift has noticeably improved in my absence. Whilst fundamentally still the same, there were several areas I could tell some dev effort had been spent. There’s … Read more