7. Day 24 - Alpe Du Zwift - How far can I get?!

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Well done fella! Giving me some inspo for my first Alpe Du Zwift route

Superb mate. What an effort . Being on the larger side you have def inspired me to give alpe a crack.

Excellent!!

I just finished it last night. Was one of the most difficult rides I’ve done. I’ve always been terrible at climbs (even when I was in shape but now I’m extremely overweight). I average about 2-4MPH going uphill on an incline over 8%.

I was gonna quit SOOOOO MANY TIMES but idk why, I never did. I was over an hour in but only 5.6 miles in 😫. I knew at the pace I was moving, it was gonna take me over 3hrs to finish but thank God, I actually finished (11.1 Miles, 3,574FT, 3hrs 9 minutes and 39 seconds). Then padded my stats on the way down 😂 but I did hit 50mph and get the achievement for it. Was harder to get than I thought since I was pushing myself so hard but my legs were shot.

Well done Matt - it’s a great ride

What is this and how can I have it?!?!?! Damn this is great for motivation

Well done been putting off doing the alpe but you have inspired me to give it a go now.

I did this yesterday for the first time and similar to you took it steady and got there in the end.

Massive ride. Hugely motivating. Well done!

Great to have a video that isn’t someone bossing it in under an hour. Top work

Monster effort! Chapeau

I did this yesterday for the first time. Took just over an hour to get to the top and this morning my legs feel like they may fall off 😂

Well done on a heroic effort.

Any day you achieve what you planned to do, s a good day. Kudos!

Your cadence is strong. Mine is way down in the 50s, 60s

Parabéns pela conquista! :)

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽epic !!!! Well done

Congratulations. I am 67 and made it on my first try, 1 hour 50 minutes. 3 bottles of water and two soaked towels.

Great work, huge effort. I am doing my first attempt at this tomorrow after only a few weeks on zwift, you have given me hope that I will do it 🤝

Well done bro

What a brilliant performance

Hey mate thanks for the video. Can I ask what Smart trainer you are using?
I'm looking at the moment but unsure which one is best.

Well done, fella!

big dude that just started zwifting here. great vids, great journey. will come back here for sure. :)

wow!!! much respect for not giving up and a sub-160min-ride!!

Just rode alp de zwift for the first time after riding zwift for just 6days , I was inspired by you to give it a try . Thank you very much for inspiring me to give it a go . I'm a 53 Yr old diabetic.

You NEED to eat. I don't know if you were bonking but it looked like it. Put lance Armstrong up the alp without sugar in the blood he won't be any faster than you.

Congrats ! I have never ridden that hill up ...... i should try ....!

Well done mate, really inspiring seeing you not giving up

Well done mate!

Respect 👌

You are not as pretty as Katie Kookabura, but you are just as inspiring. It's nice to be able to do it in an hour, but the most important thing is to try even though you doubt if you can finish.

very honest effort. well done.

Took me over 3 hours but I ground this out yesterday. I won't be doing it again for a while but glad I can say I have.

At least the descent gives you a load of free XP that you don't have to pedal for lol.

Great video Sir. Keep at it!

I know this was years ago now, but great job!!! I just did this tonight myself and man, what a killer this was. I had just changed my cassette on my trainer and I only intended on hitting maybe 100 meters, just to test climbs with the new piece of gear, but then I thought if I've gone this far now, why not finish? I too had to stop 4 times on the way up, and after about 600 meters, I was really beginning to mentally falter. Its hard enough when something is physically challenging, but when your mind is also telling you to give up, that's half the battle. You did a great job mentally holding it together!

I have learned, one corner at a time 👍🏾😊

I’ve been so intimidated by the alp. After watching this I have got to at least try!

Well done, like many have said, great honest video. I love climbing hills, only been cycling 10 years, but every year I stop for Winter in UK, so have Oct - at least March off. I always put on a stone guaranteed because of my bad food choices. Every year I feel the pain trying to climb hills and get back in condition especially as I have asthma and putting a stone on, makes it worse, but I love it and as you said, when you get to the top, it's a huge achievement. I keep persisting with hills and soon get back on it and my asthma gets better. I only starting Zwifting 1 month ago, but love it, especially Ape du Zwift and the other climbs. I'm hoping to break my winter cycle now I have Zwift, so hopefully no more weight gains. Good work and keep it up.

your HR is relatively low, how come you stop? pain in the legs?

That's dedication mate 👍👍👍

U are a legend. I loved this. Such a down to earth lad as well. Fair play to u. Subbed mate.

Great work 👍🏻 can’t wait to give this climb a go!

Good job!...This just showed up in my timeline...Just wondering, are you still alive?

Well done mate fantastic effort, just started my zwift journey, i will put Alpe du zwift on my list for about 2 months time

I rode the Alp once. I didn’t enjoy it but I was proud of the accomplishment.