Zwift Academy Road: [Short] Workout 3 | The Volcano

The first of today’s two workouts was The Volcano: I’ve chosen to do the shorter workouts as then I can do two a day as I’m pressed for time now to get all the Zwift Academy 2022 rides done by this Sunday. The plan is to go back and do the longer versions of these … 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

2x 15’s To Set A Baseline

Ahead of the forthcoming FTP test I wanted to get some indication of how I’m doing at the current 245w figure. I’ve been thinking that’s on the high side, but was keen to understand whether or not I could actually hold that power for a prolonged period of time. Spoiler alert: yes. But it wasn’t … Read more