Riding the Paris-Roubaix Challenge: Project Best Winter Ever bonus edition

Welcome to the final bonus edition of ‘Project Best Winter Ever,’ a series in which I’ve documented my first winter as a new dad and how I aimed to make it my best ever on the bike, with a little help from the indoor cycling app, Zwift.

Back in Autumn, Zwift kindly loaned me a Hub One smart trainer and I made good use of it as a time-crunched new dad. I’m sure any cyclists who become new parents can attest to the fact that the bike is going to take a back seat when little ones arrive, so jumping on the trainer for a quick workout was a lot easier to fit in, and using Zwift and its array of workouts, races and training sessions helped keep things fresh and stimulating as winter took hold. Indoor training generally always offers a quality workout and though it isn’t all that glamorous at times, it’s certainly effective if you want to try and build or maintain fitness.

I wasn’t planning on setting the world alight this winter. With our first child to look after and a new routine to adapt to, this certainly wasn’t going to be a winter filled with big volume weeks and training tunnel vision. The main goal I outlined was to emerge from the winter with a decent fitness level. To achieve this, I wanted to stay stimulated by Zwifting, to explore what Zwift had to offer alongside the Zwift Hub One trainer, and to try new things both indoors and out.

As the series neared its end, Zwift – coincidentally one of the key sponsors of Paris-Roubaix – offered me a spot riding the Roubaix Challenge, the sportive that takes place on the morning of the women’s race, as a way of rounding off my winter and keep me motivated into spring. Naturally, I jumped at the chance. As well as being a fantastic challenge, an opportunity to experience some legendary roads for myself and to do something new, it seemed a solid way to put my winter training and Zwifting to the test.

The fourth instalment of this series came back in December. I gave myself a ‘not bad’ regarding where I thought I was at. Moving into the new year I had learnt a few things and had embraced just jumping onto the smart trainer a few times a week without fail. A key was riding later after our daughter was asleep and in bed instead of trying to squeeze my workout in beforehand. It was later but it meant no rushing, and I soon found some fitness starting to develop through consistently knocking off the sessions week after week. It was…

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