I have been using zwift for about a month now. Mostly workouts just to following a training plan.
When I finish my zwift ride the distances are incredible low. For what I am aware of is that watt per kg (weighing in at 100kgs) has and ERG can have effect but outside can door much more.
For instance, last north did a workout for climbing g and only completed 4.5mm where as last week outdoor did 46km in 110 mins at a steady easy pace.
is there something I can do, I am dropping weight.
This depends on what route you selected for the workout. You just have to keep at it and gradually build the hours of riding up. The more you ride, you’ll slowly start dropping weight. The next step is doing rides appropriate to your level of fatigue. As you build more power, you’ll see the effect of that as well.
I find that Zwift gives much more kms for the same effort because you don’t have to slow down for corners, you can just ride through other people, etc. In real life you have slow corners, bad road surfaces slowing you down, other people (cars, riders, pedestrians) doing unexpected things. It all adds up to making you slower.
An old friend of mine would say 100kg is hard work outside too, he struggled at first and I can certainly confirm, I was riding with him as a sort of lanterne rouge rider helping to encourage him along.
