Virtual Zwift Rides

Any suggestions for a very simple wall bracket that can hold a small, very light laptop and fold away or at least against the wall. For Zwifting obvs! I don’t want the ironing board chic option!

FML
Convinced the wife to race in ZRL earlier this week, in return agreed to do the Alp, twice, with her.

I prepared with a full rest day. She prepared with a 46min effort knocking nearly a minute off her pb.

Oh how fun is was to climb at a pace I thought I could manage, with my HR bouncing up at 180.
Meanwhile she’s hopping off the bike when post arrives, chases back on barely getting her HR moving.

I think the final nail in my coffin, halfway up the second time. As my bike is engulfed in a lake of sweat…she turns her bloody fan on.

Not sure why I find it so hard or how she is so good up it.

Minute negative split was the only positive I got from it.

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You just need to go on a Zwift diet.

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She’s 20kg lighter than me.
Even poet doesn’t drop his by that much.

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It just sounds like your wife is fitter than you.

Has she run the whole IM marathon too?

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Did you know gullible has been taken out of the dictionary?

:rofl:

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Haha that hurts man. Real deep :rofl:

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Tried the tiny races, lots of disconnections and legs battered from a tough week and the parkrun this morning. Sacked race 1 on the sprint, sacked race 2 with a K to go and didn’t bother with the last two.

about 15K from level 44 though.

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2 bl00dy weeks Ive enjoyed being highest ranking…

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Wait - another 40 levels to be added :flushed:

I should hit level 58 in the next couple of weeks thanks to the ToW bonus bonanza, but I wasn’t expecting to “finish” Zwift before April next year

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Hahaha :rofl: I just came on to post this

I made it to L44 last night :confused:

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Came to do the same, what are the chances - the same week @mw22

They seem to have a slightly overcomplicated system where they’ve changed the xp required to level up - seems to be 3? Levels

The bonus xp for riding each week seems good though!

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I don’t understand it at all.
And the total xp for Level 100 is 591,000.
Current level 60 is 750,000.

So I think I get accelerated xp up to 100.

Made it easy for all the snowflakes who couldn’t get fire socks.

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Yeah I’m sort of expecting to be bumped up a few levels when I next log on. I think I was around 75% through lvl 45

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I’ve just got updated. Got a streak bonus and on 60.2

So it ain’t jumping. Just going to go up faster.

Naturally the wife got the update before her race so is almost 61 ffs

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It’s a bit confusing, I didn’t get the update yet anyway so will see what happens.

Fire socks are for saddo’s anyway :joy:

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I can’t push the watts to ignite them anyway

iOS seems to get it a day or two later I think

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Tough ZRL this eve, was a bit dull in the middle but given I’m crap at sprinting just went all in on the last climb, got caught a bit on the line but held on for 5th.

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Nice.
Mine was agony. First climb was max effort , HR at 198.
Hung on
Short climb wasn’t too bad.
Long… Hanging on.
Short… Did good, but had a feather. So crested near the front but did not have another gear.
P21
Team won, only dropped one point so far.

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Technical issue on the 3rd climb, lost the trainer and lost 30 seconds on the front group.

Rolled around and held place before catching a teammate on the line. Realised I’d done the race on a TT bike, not sure what difference it makes but not ideal.

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