I have noticed being nearly 60 years of age Zwift still have me racing in Cat B against 20 yr old kids. When is zwift going to look at catagories and also the age of people so it is a fair fight. Create a veterans group for those over 55 or even 50 so i and others do not get backsides kicked by the …

Probably, the younger you are, the more often you can repeat an effort - So its not necessarily about category level power, but the ability to keep repeating hard efforts. Plus, its over category power is what decides races and splits the pack. 1/2/5min power not whatever ZFTP is purporting to be th…

Of course age matters. When you get iver 50 you it is more difficult to keep muscle mass and your vo2 max starts to drop . No matter how hard you train . I do 16 hrs a week you will never match a per at least 40 years your uunior

No matter your age this does not look like a C rider: [image] There are a few age category races and trust me they are a lot harder than power based categories. We used to run the ZHR weekly series and of all the racing I have done that was the hardest.

[image] Paul: I do 16 hrs a week And how many Cat C riders do you think ride that much? Shoot, I am even willing to bet I don’t even know any B’s that ride that much. You’re stronger than you’re letting yourself on to be. Do you have a sprint? Not really no. Does that matter in Zwift in… 99…

If it wasn’t for OP’s zFTP being below the arbitrary Watts threshold (250W for A, 200W for B, 150W for C), they are mighty close to a zFTP >4.2W/Kg promotion to A :rofl:. Even when at my numbers best, last year before covid late September, I was averaging ~10 hours a week including ~2 hours of gent…

Just a suggestion for zwift to add more age categories races. I’m over 50 and last week had what I’ll call a good race and bang now I’m a B. I get it but when I go through Zwift power after my races there are a handful of over 50 but the majority is masters and classic. Or maybe add some sub categor…

There’s a really long boring thread about this somewhere [image]

[image] Dan: I’ll keep pushing but not as fun fighting for last place. Being bottom of a cat is not so fun no matter what your age is. There are a couple of options for folks at the bottom of a cat such as choosing races where all cats are visible (even the Zwift L’Etape Du Tour Fondos are no…

You can find some suggestions for events you might enjoy in some of these threads [image] Age Group Podiums and KOM/QOMs Feature Requests To encourage older athletes and combat ageism, please offer Age Group Podiums, KOMs and QOMs in all events. The data is a…

One problem is there is no age verification on Zwift. There may be more extreme examples, but iirc Bath Salts is aged 109. :rofl:

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Paul_Southworth (Paul) March 7, 2024, 12:52pm 11

You can find some suggestions for events you might enjoy in some of these threads

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