Zwift Academy 2023 – Workout #3: Long | The Finisher

Workout #3 in Zwift Academy 2023 is sort of a variation on Workout #1. Both workouts focus on the 30 second, and 2 minute max efforts. And when I saw this in the Event screen on Zwift, I was thinking … oh, I didn’t much enjoy Workout #1. It was hard. Well, good news! Workout … Read more

Zwift Academy 2023 – Workout #2: Long | Fatigue Fighter

A few downers today to kick us off, but I promise it ends on a positive. I missed my start time. I had this down for the 12 noon GMT set off, but due to rushing (reasons why in a second), I managed to miss the start by seconds and so had the choice of … Read more

Zwift Academy 2023 – Group Workout #1: Long | Explosive 30s

Being a glutton for punishment, today was my second attempt at the Zwift Academy 2023 – Group Workout #1. Only this time around I opted for the Longer workout, as opposed to the Shorter version which I ‘completed’ on Tuesday. Going into this one, I thought the only difference was a 20 minute tempo effort … Read more

Zwift Academy 2023 – Group Workout #1: Short | Explosive 30s

Explosive indeed. So explosive I ended up blowing up, big time. The big takeaway from today’s ride was this: eat properly before tackling this one. I’d started the day not even thinking about Zwift. I mean I knew I would be on Zwift at lunch time, but that’s just a regular Tuesday for me. The … Read more

Zwift Academy Road 2022: Finish Line Ride

Ahh, what a treat. No, not having now finished the Zwift Academy 2022, but rather not having to write two blog posts per day for a change. Yep, workouts done, it was time to see if a week’s hard medium work had paid any dividends whatsoever. Going into this one, I was not expecting to … Read more