Zwift – Why you shouldn’t take it too seriously.
June 23rd, 2020 by paulhartI decided to attack the KOM on the Watopia Hilly Route on Monday as part of my anaerobic interval training. It’s a tough little climb but its a good length and gradient. I thought it would suit me so I attacked it.
I got the KOM jersey and rode around Watopia proudly showing off my polka dot jersey. I did 1min43, which took 516watts / 523NP.
Whilst I appreciate these numbers aren’t the best in the world, they are pretty good. I’m quite pleased with them. I’ve achieved higher on the road but this is on a turbo, and I find hitting high power on a turbo hard because you cant throw the bike around freely.
Anyway, logged onto Strava and guess what… that effort has me 33 seconds off the Strava KOM and placed 4545th ! It appears lots of people can ride a 6% climb at 28.6mph. Impressive.?
I think Zwift is brilliant, but it’s important to keep perspective and remember it’s just a bit of fun and great training, nothing more.
Don’t let Zwift decide whether you are a good cyclist or not, because if I did I would be giving up now!
