Elite Vs Normal Cyclist | Who Survived The Hardest Zwift Academy Yet?

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Andrew Feather and Cillian Kelly have been battling their way through the Zwift Academy. How did they get on? Who got fitter? Will one of them finally win a Zwift race? Join us for the wrap-up of the 2023 Zwift Academy. It's time to find out how this pro hill climber got on vs our resident average-joe cyclist.
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00:00 Welcome
01:27 How did they get on?
07:25 The race
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@gcn 6 ай бұрын

How did you get on with the 2024 Zwift academy? 🥵

@KlemenSuligojTri 6 ай бұрын

I wouldn't know, there's no way to check your results, power numbers and not even a completion e-mail 🤷‍♂

@BogdanDulgheru 6 ай бұрын

Tadey is having a baby. @@KlemenSuligojTri

@aliensporebomb 6 ай бұрын

It didn't co-incide with my schedule but it did inspire me to zwift more later in the season to up my total mileage for the year so....next year.

@aletheia3 6 ай бұрын

Where's my refund? You said their would be a refund... Did you lie?

@PixelVibe42 6 ай бұрын

Dunno - didn't bother!

@billmccaffrey1977 6 ай бұрын

I cycled consistently in 2023, but in great pain and found that I hand a large tumor in my tibial nerve. I had surgery the day after Thanksgiving and have slowly been getting back on the bike. My goal for 2024 is 5000 + miles including several long gravel races. At age 67 with one leg I want to push myself to achieve this goal for myself and to encourage other physically challenged people to realize they have far more than they have lost.

@HeibesHealth 6 ай бұрын

Wishing you the best with your recovery!

@letstalk741 6 ай бұрын

You can do it

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

Get well soon! Keep us updated on your progress!🫶

@mikehylton4950 6 ай бұрын

I had cancer 6 years ago. Cycling was one of the most important aspects of my recovery. Best wishes to you.

@hippo71124 6 ай бұрын

Speedy recovery and all the best to your 2024 goal!

@Z-u-m-a 6 ай бұрын

Well done Andrew for not prioritising it over your family. Great job on the race both of you 👍

@jackholloway272 6 ай бұрын

Conner really is like a puppy with his excitement, a 700 foot giant puppy. I love it.

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

Conor the big puppy! We're sure they made a film about him👀

@nolimit7185 6 ай бұрын

Great dane mixed with 4 cans of redbull :) Scooby doo comes to mind. Genuine joy to watch him this excited.

@JeremyDawesJezweb 6 ай бұрын

Yes it’s his inner Clifford the big red dog 😅

@roberttell1587 6 ай бұрын

I see you Cillian. Slogging away alone in your attic while Andrew gets the megabase and fulltime coaching. Well done both of you!

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Haha! I know right? Might complain to HR…

@adamweb 6 ай бұрын

Andrew's home Zwift setup is simple yet brilliant... Just open the patio doors and you're riding "outside" with a gorgeous view!

@madmick9205 6 ай бұрын

Incredibly inspirational for sure. It was really interesting too. Great achievement by Andrew, I think that all he needs to is learn racing skills. The numbers suggest that he might well have been top three or better. His fitness and ability are all there. Cillian is a true warrior and has shown the value of training and the value of the Zwift academy. Very impressive result too.

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Mick! Glad you enjoyed it!

@jordanwoods462 6 ай бұрын

I live in a very snowy area in the States, and this is my first season with Zwift (or any indoor trainer for that matter). My goal is to take advantage of it all and ride as often as possible, maybe try out a race at the end of each month. My heart and body will appreciate that I won’t have to start over like I usually did in the springtime for years.

@wotchasunshine2150 6 ай бұрын

Makes an enormous difference- just to arrive at the better weather with a base behind you, and you feel you can really make the most of that good weather 👍

@SpaceJunk72 6 ай бұрын

Super impressive by Andrew … seriously good numbers. Loved Cillian’s post Zwift reaction … getting out on the Road.

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

His numbers are out of this world! If we could get him to be ultra-quick on the flat, he could turn pro?👀

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

It’s often the reaction I get when I do any Zwifting. “Cycling is an outdoor sport” etc. But it makes me cycle more outdoors AS WELL!!

@guilhermeazevedo1250 6 ай бұрын

Congratulations to both of the heroes, specially Cillian. Big effort going from zero to hero. Never forget.

@Tex735 6 ай бұрын

Props to both Andrew and Cillian!!! Great job to both of you! I'm training for the 2024 L'Etape San Antonio 100 mile. Last year I managed to come in top 10 for my age group. This year, I'm hoping to move that up to top 10 overall. Training hard. Wish me luck!

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic. The very best of luck with it!

@mick6ful 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video lads. Huge results. Well done

@184cWayne 6 ай бұрын

I am in the middle of Chicagoland winter and while not on Zwift do get inspiration from this kind of programming. I will be attempting the GCN 3 climb challenge on ROUVY as I prep for the Cape Town Cycle Tour in March 2024.

@nevakos24 6 ай бұрын

Great job guys! Merry Christmas!!

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you!🎄🎅

@JustJosh07 6 ай бұрын

The Academy was so fun this year. It was my first time doing it, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The workouts were absolutely killer, but each was more rewarding than the last. Just like Cillian, the workouts have given new life to my love of cycling (not that I ever lost it prior to the Acadmey) but it’s not usual for me to be riding at this time of the year, and thanks to the Academy, I’m clocking 150km a week

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

Awesome work! Will you be continuing on Zwift through the new year?

@JustJosh07 6 ай бұрын

@@gcn yes for sure 👍

@RewildingFlanders 2 ай бұрын

Provide Feather with the ideal support so he can focus and work towards Zwift Academy! We want to see him on the training-camp in Spain!

@pinoyeh 6 ай бұрын

In my experience, at 61 YO, I just keep on riding/zwifting for at least 4 times a week (weekends will be longer rides) for a total of 100++ kms. a week. I always feel good on my day-to-day activities and I can do longer solo outdoor rides. IMO, zwifting or indoor riding will help a lot in building anyone's riding stamina.

@williamsylvia3962 5 ай бұрын

I love watch Cillian. Definitely every man’s hero! Great job!

@rafalploch7434 5 ай бұрын

Very well done to you both guys. I'm preparing for a ride from Glasgow (Scotland) to Warsaw (Poland) at the beginning of May.

@orkakayaking4441 6 ай бұрын

Way to go guys. Strong finish

@jeffbergeron876 6 ай бұрын

Andrew Feather be like they named a special power after me!!!

@commando25101 6 ай бұрын

Love these 3

@a_diverge 6 ай бұрын

I'm with Cillian...at my age all i want to do is stay active and train then ride outdoors. Also graduated ZA

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

Congrats on completing Zwift Academy! Did you enjoy it?

@CarlosSastre1013 6 ай бұрын

Get outside guys, only 40 mph winds and constant rain yesterday. Cannot beat the open road

@zeekryder7735 6 ай бұрын

2016 was the first and "hardest" Academy to date. This year was fantastic and challenging. Those repeat max efforts were so tough. I didn't see Feather in any race results on Zwift Power?

@blabla5604 6 ай бұрын

The long workouts this year were insanely tough. Especially number 3 killed me. For numbers 5 and 6 I also only managed to do the shorter ones.

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Delighted to hear this. Vindicates my decision to bail out of the long ones before Workout 3! Bloody hard though eh?

@rbonn3880 6 ай бұрын

both Cillian and Andrew are real peeps, pushing the best they can...loved this, and Connor's enthusiasm is just so much fun,

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more! 🙌 Cillian and Andrew are killing it, and Connor's enthusiasm is pure joy.

@tom_sorrell 6 ай бұрын

This was my fourth year doing the Academy. Didn’t enjoy it as much this year. Personally, I preferred the segment rides used in the previous years!

@garysladek9110 6 ай бұрын

Cheers all!

@i10_998 6 ай бұрын

Love cillians post swift hype on riding bike!

@tomfield2292 6 ай бұрын

My goal for next year is the STP (Seattle to Portland) in 1 day. Just over 200 miles

@RCBSHOW 6 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @7:00 Cool setup I see you got the fan for the tail wind and the door open for a good draft

@SeeSmithTV 6 ай бұрын

Love the video! Doing this with a family is TOUGH

@evanbrom1 6 ай бұрын

I would love to see some real world cycling stuff and tips for heavy but active riders. Like what super light stuff may break what to consider for tire pressures. Some people do cycle and weigh well over 100KG

@StanWatson 6 ай бұрын

Count me in this group. I'm at 110 kg, and rode over 10,000 miles this past year. Obviously hills can be a real challenge at my weight, so any tips/help would sure be nice.

@vozzen 5 ай бұрын

Someone needs to give Andrew a bike fit. The man is standing up because he doesn’t like to sit down. Zwift seems perfect for him since you are not penalized aero-wise from standing up

@musentric 6 ай бұрын

1st time Zwift graduate, the races were really full on, in cat C we had around 200 riders! in the races on the weekends really popular, I know what Cillian means yo-yo'ing back and forth at the front, till I got dropped on the first big climb 😅. Makes we wonder how do selectors choose the riders for the finals, especially if there's some less than honest about their weight?

@ptkewl 6 ай бұрын

Don’t forget to use the feather, Feather!!

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

The perfect power-up for him!🪶

@01FozzyS 6 ай бұрын

Nice try,boys! Well done on getting in shape,Cillian!

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Now the trick is staying there!

@roeland_st 5 ай бұрын

How am I the only one commenting about Andrew’s strange position on the bike and also strange hood placement

@RelecFilms 5 ай бұрын

Based on Andrew's total watts and his watt/kg, he definitely could have won that. A little more racing experience would have paid off. I didn't look like you were making good use of powerups either. Good job Cillian! Good luck on the Tron bike, just got mine. I am no where near the 25 climbs as I usually do Alp on a workout and normally make it up only about 500 - 700 by the end of the workout with not much motivation to get to the top.

@BrandonGalang 6 ай бұрын

Imagine you just dropped Andrew Feather. Insane

@willjones7132 6 ай бұрын

Wonder how many people use their ebikes for swift racing?

@matt_acton-varian 6 ай бұрын

We need an Everyman Special series where Cilian takes on Cameraman Jack from GMBN in various cycling discipline challenges!

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Is he as generally unfit as me?

@iansingleton 6 ай бұрын

King Cillian rocks! 🤘Well done mate you smashed it! Andrew Feather he's a solicitor he should know the law doesn't accept poor excuses yet he still managed to crack out some really really bad ones! "my phone died on me!" 😂😂😂 He's still the king of the hills though, just as long as he starts his ride at the bottom and finishes it after appx 1.5km at the top! 😂😂😂

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Ian! Glad you enjoyed it!

@iansingleton 6 ай бұрын

@@cilliankellygcn looking forward to what you've got planned next mate. 👍

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

@@iansingleton 🇧🇪

@iansingleton 6 ай бұрын

@@cilliankellygcn ooooooh interesting 😁👍 can't wait! That's gonna be savage!

@lucasherculano5563 6 ай бұрын

Andrew should have used that boost in the first climb/lap, because he would get more anyways. I think that is one of the reasons why he averaged a 4.9w/kg and lost for people with way less. Anyways, Andrew is a monster rider!!!

@alexeyzagorodniy5179 6 ай бұрын

Andrew was "feeling a bit nervous" before race while having HR 76 BPM...

@brianridley1102 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely gutted Feather couldn't fit in all the rides, was so interested to see how he did

@nikmalinin8786 6 ай бұрын

I’m 110kg cat D Looking at 70kg Andrew like WOW he calls himself “heavy” lol

@dakalla 6 ай бұрын

Very impressive by Andrew and Cillian. But please give Cillian a proper bike fit if he keeps on riding. For Andrew a fit it probably too late ;) he knows his position he wants to ride haha.

@shepshape2585 6 ай бұрын

Here's the question I have, and it's never been addressed: If most experts agree that the 80-20 model of training works best, why are there NO workout plans that follow that? Every plan I see is all sweet spot and tempo work, or sweet spot with intervals, or just intervals. If I'm going to ride 5 times per week, where are the plans that call for 3 or 4 rides at endurance pace the whole time, with 1 or 2 workouts per week calling for intervals? Polarized training says that less than 5% of your riding should be at sweet spot, yet the whole training app industry pushes pretty much nothing but these kinds of plans. It makes no sense. Even Zwift, who used to have a plan called My First Century that had nothing but endurance based rides...has SCRAPPED the plan altogether! I was just going to start that plan again and it's not there! What is happening??

@MonoderHungerForest 6 ай бұрын

Amazing job both, extra points for mr. Kelly!

@user-bd8ge1kl8n 6 ай бұрын

What was Cillian's FTP before and after.... thanks in advance....

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Before it was 180. I didn’t get any notification to tell me it had changed. But even when I was quite fit in the summer of 2022 when training for the Étape for months, my ftp did t really go up that much. I think it went from 188 to 196.

@nathanjarrett 6 ай бұрын

Andrew, we all feel your pain working out inside; it's not that fun...

@Markhypnosis1 6 ай бұрын

Something isn't quite right with a couple of the top 10 riders in Andrews race. There's no way someone with a 265 watt ftp would beat someone like Andrew with his 340 watt ftp, even if they are only 55kg.

@trainingcyclist 6 ай бұрын

Do Alpe du Zwift 😊

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

Cillian has done it nearly 25 times, think we need to get him to race against Feather up the climb👀

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

@@gcnI raced Conor up it before and that’s still my PB

@nationsnumber1chump 6 ай бұрын

Idk I did none of the workouts and still won the first race.

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

You could've gone pro if you had done the workouts!👀

@jeff_aurand 6 ай бұрын

“Our climbing superstar and Cillian.” What are you implying?

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

Should've been "Our climbing superstar Cillian"😂

@stevedouglas3975 6 ай бұрын

But end of day turbo not a substitute for real thing. We all know in the real world Feather would win.

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Could fall off or get a puncture

@Bupycnet 6 ай бұрын

Where is a fans? This is overheating and hearth attack!

@sethtruecycling8803 6 ай бұрын

Why did i pay for GCN+ if O’s going to shut down!?

@_Zane__ 6 ай бұрын

Makes me wonder how many people are cheating in zwift, online gaming in genral is pretty swamped with cheats

@risky_scalps 6 ай бұрын

This guy’s performance fluctuation is weird! -compared to his hill climb level a month, or so ago ..

@robertnobles8189 6 ай бұрын

Zwift has so many cheats! They have to do something about that ASAP.

@CyclistTim 6 ай бұрын

It reminds me of "black mirror" episode, where people pedal to get points. Pedaling inside is not fun, It looks cool, but no, thank you. Except velodromes.

@sethtruecycling8803 6 ай бұрын

I was charged for CGN+ just over a month ago and now it’s gone. Where’s my refund!?!

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

hi, please get in touch with us at support@globalcyclingnetwork.com and we can help out! thanks

@bighammer3464 6 ай бұрын

Very suspicious result from j rod. Weighing only 120lbs or 54kg 😂😂😂

@dmv4554 6 ай бұрын

So many lightweights on Zwift apparently

@layton3503 6 ай бұрын

Fix the sound

@meatcleaverness 6 ай бұрын

Wow....Feather is really boring. Cillian is a legend.

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

Feather is a very nice guy. Lovely man.

@antonymoss8274 6 ай бұрын

Stiffffffffff

@aletheia3 6 ай бұрын

Where's my refund?

@hbmedia4381 6 ай бұрын

AF don't need a seat 😅 ,

@lolcnd461 6 ай бұрын

First

@gcn 6 ай бұрын

You get one of these ... 🥇

@lolcnd461 6 ай бұрын

@@gcn only medal I'll ever win in the cycling hobby 😭😭😭

@roadcyclist1 6 ай бұрын

Disappointed with Feather not taking his commitment serious and failing to complete the Zwift academy. Thought he was more focused than that.

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

That’s half the battle though. Fitting all this stuff in around work and family. It ain’t easy.

@roadcyclist1 6 ай бұрын

@@cilliankellygcn agreed. Don't take it on if you can't handle it!

@craigdavis3416 6 ай бұрын

😂😂 he’s not elite, elite is a pro rider in tour not some guy going round his local hills 😂😂

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

National hill climb champion is rather elite no?

@craigdavis3416 6 ай бұрын

@@cilliankellygcn no let’s see him in a tour for 2 weeks then climb a hill he’d get battered

@9090Glenn 6 ай бұрын

sad to see just how much Cillian let himself go - the only time he shines is when the spotlight is on - that does not bode well for his fitness long term - MANY rides have been done at 4:30 AM when NO one is watching and it sucks to get out of bed - the thought that the ONLY time I can ride is when there is an AUDIENCE watching me - tells me Cillian is riding for the WRONG reasons - and does not enjoy riding per se but only the attention he gets - that seems to follow his BOOM BUST fitness trend - dude you MUST find it in yourself to ride for the sake of riding - NOT for how much people cheer you on and how many "fans" are on the road side

@cilliankellygcn 6 ай бұрын

I’ll have to get Conor to keep making me do challenges so. I believe he has one in store for me in Spring. So that’ll keep me going until then anyway