Poll: Can a novice cyclist train to complete Alpe du Zwift in under 1 hour within a year?

Youtube served me a video from a new channel: Bike with Becks

She has the goal of sub 60 minutes up Alpe du Zwift before the end of 2026.

Her starting point is 1 hour 48 minutes, so she has 48 minutes to find

Her current FTP is ~1.6-1.7 w/kg and she believes that she needs 3.2-3.4 w/kg to achieve that sub 60 minute goal.

She has used ChatGPT to create a training plan.

Do you think she will make it?

Will Becks complete Alpe Du Zwift sub 60 mins in 2026?
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If she can be consistent and increase continuously the cycling volume to about 8h / week would be a real success, without loosing the joy and passion. The fitnees and FTP power will increase, but it won’t be enough to cycle Alp du Zwift under one hour. I think she is looking for YT viewers.

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Ditto !!!

She is not gonna make it but we watched her video so she “Won” and we “Lost”…

She fully reached her primary goal, more views !!!

Ciao,
Erik Il Rosso

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