Zwift Academy Road: Workout 2 | Sprint Profile

What better way to spend your dinner hour than with a Zwift Academy workout? And in particular, the second workout in the ZA 2020 series, today focusing on improving my sprint profile. Well, a better way would probably have been to slouch on the sofa and watch the latest episode of Bake Off but I … Read more

Zwift Academy 2020 Road: Workout 1 | Aerobic Power

This morning I finally got started with Zwift Academy 2020. Alas, not without issue. In traditional Zwift fashion I ended up missing the group ride due to application crashes, and then not being able to rejoin. Frustrating though that is / was, it didn’t stop me from completing the workout – as by this point … Read more

Tired Thighs

This afternoon’s ride was my first on Zwift in a while now. And given the choice, I’d have had a pop on GT 5 Bike instead. There’s been a recent update to GT 5 Bike which apparently makes it easier to get setup. Unfortunately GTA 5 also updated recently, and based on the error I … Read more

Goodnight Sit Bones

Oh my days. An hour on Zwift, doing the FTP builder active recovery session (9 minutes on, 1 minute off, repeat 5x) with a banging headache, after having spent all day in the same room at the same computer. Yeah. It sucked. Couple this with my least favourite bib shorts. The ones that I’ve had … Read more

Sweet Spot Fail – Where Did I Go Wrong?

This afternoon I finished work early, deliberately, in order to get in a solid hour on the bike. With two rest days since my last ride I was hoping to be fresh faced and bushy tailed, perfectly ready to get through a sweet spot session. In truth I was expecting this one to be hard. … Read more