Zwift is really just its own sport
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Zwift is really just its own sport
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Now you have an excuse.
Now you have an excuse.
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These two statements don't seem to complement each other very well. 5w/kg for 5min literally sounds like it should be nothing for a P/1/2 rider. To podium a P/1/2 TT race I would damn hope you could hold 5wk/g for a full 10 mile time trial.
Especially since those C riders doing that likely got bumped from official results anyway.
Sure, 5w/kg isn't "easy". But if I can do it.........he damn well should be able to do it. Multiple times.
“I can sit in most regional Pro-1-2 USAC races just fine as a 46-year-old Cat 2. Very good at TT. Have podiumed in CA state TT in the Pro1/2 race.”
In Zwift, it was another story, he wrote, “I’m fairly awful. I sometimes struggle to hang with a “C” race –even C races have guys who’ll do ~5W/kg for four to five minutes, which isn’t easy for me.
Especially since those C riders doing that likely got bumped from official results anyway.
Sure, 5w/kg isn't "easy". But if I can do it.........he damn well should be able to do it. Multiple times.
“I can sit in most regional Pro-1-2 USAC races just fine as a 46-year-old Cat 2. Very good at TT. Have podiumed in CA state TT in the Pro1/2 race.”
In Zwift, it was another story, he wrote, “I’m fairly awful. I sometimes struggle to hang with a “C” race –even C races have guys who’ll do ~5W/kg for four to five minutes, which isn’t easy for me.
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In other news, I watched a couple of Navy SEALs get obliterated playing CoD against a pair of pro gamers. The SEALs couldn't get their heads around being able to just jump off the roofs of buildings, or having unlimited lives.
As a gross generalization, Zwifting is to road racing what playing professional CoD is to being a Navy SEAL.
As a gross generalization, Zwifting is to road racing what playing professional CoD is to being a Navy SEAL.
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These two statements don't seem to complement each other very well. 5w/kg for 5min literally sounds like it should be nothing for a P/1/2 rider. To podium a P/1/2 TT race I would damn hope you could hold 5wk/g for a full 10 mile time trial.
Especially since those C riders doing that likely got bumped from official results anyway.
Sure, 5w/kg isn't "easy". But if I can do it.........he damn well should be able to do it. Multiple times.
“I can sit in most regional Pro-1-2 USAC races just fine as a 46-year-old Cat 2. Very good at TT. Have podiumed in CA state TT in the Pro1/2 race.”
In Zwift, it was another story, he wrote, “I’m fairly awful. I sometimes struggle to hang with a “C” race –even C races have guys who’ll do ~5W/kg for four to five minutes, which isn’t easy for me.
Especially since those C riders doing that likely got bumped from official results anyway.
Sure, 5w/kg isn't "easy". But if I can do it.........he damn well should be able to do it. Multiple times.
“I can sit in most regional Pro-1-2 USAC races just fine as a 46-year-old Cat 2. Very good at TT. Have podiumed in CA state TT in the Pro1/2 race.”
In Zwift, it was another story, he wrote, “I’m fairly awful. I sometimes struggle to hang with a “C” race –even C races have guys who’ll do ~5W/kg for four to five minutes, which isn’t easy for me.
And in mass start racing, you can do a whole lot if you've got the skills and experience. I'm not surprised by the 5w/kg for 5 minute thing, honestly. It's certainly not "nothing", and for an overweight Cat 2 who's been racing for 20 years and can still find the podium, it may indeed be something. Most road races and all crits where I live do not require five minute efforts; they require lots of shorter, more variable efforts. You can certainly do well without superb fitness if you know how.
Sure, 5w/kg isn't "easy". But if I can do it.........he damn well should be able to do it. Multiple times.
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What they've figured out:
- Warm Up Well
- Trust Your Numbers
- Stay Vigilant in the Draft
- Punch Over the Crest of Climbs
- Maintain Your Position in the Pack
- Use Fan View
- Play Those PowerUps
- Dial In Your Set-Up
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I would agree then. I have no experience. Period. I mean, enough races to count on a single hand "on road" counts as no experience. So my power isn't utilized well.
TT wise, I can see that also. If he's a bit bigger then maybe it's a solid amount of watts for his TT's. A larger weight times a little smaller w/kg is still a pretty big number.
TT wise, I can see that also. If he's a bit bigger then maybe it's a solid amount of watts for his TT's. A larger weight times a little smaller w/kg is still a pretty big number.
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Been on since Beta and kind of agree with this. The challenge with Zwift racing is strategy wise it's almost the inverse of live.
Pretty much every Zwift race I've ridden the big selection is the first 3 minutes. Miss that and you are racing for 10th. My opinion it's that the draft model being no where close to live that makes this a viable strategy. Even in double draft races. Live racing that's not a play, everybody fresh is just gonna sit in. So I think to some degree a lot of experience live racing works against you.
Pretty much every Zwift race I've ridden the big selection is the first 3 minutes. Miss that and you are racing for 10th. My opinion it's that the draft model being no where close to live that makes this a viable strategy. Even in double draft races. Live racing that's not a play, everybody fresh is just gonna sit in. So I think to some degree a lot of experience live racing works against you.
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