As far as SYSTM goes, a climbing challenge is a challenge with workouts that are designed to strengthen your climbing ability rather than actually put you on a hill and have you climb. Unlike RGT which is a SIM so the elevation gained there would simulate irl elevation gain. If you’re after total elevation gain I guess you could technically, pick any hill on RGT real or magic while doing the prescribed workout controlled by SYSTM.
As for me, as a rule I find doing workouts on a sim like RGT and Zwift are pretty boring so would always choose the video workout in SYSTM over the same workout in RGT. For a No-Vid workout though, it at least gave me something to look at. I even customized the bots so sometimes they’d pass me especially during the recovery bits in the intervals, and sometimes, during the harder efforts ,I would pass them.
Tried restarting devices and logging out and back in, still no badge. If it doesn’t resolve itself in a day or two, I’ll ask the minions for assistance, or maybe just ride them again…
I had similar in January with the badge not showing after doing all 4 rides. Since I’d done one on 1/1 I rode that again and got the badge immediately after completing it the second time. .
Restarted both my computer and my phone and logged out and back in, still no badge. I doubt it is a time zone issue, I’m in the US Pacific Timezone, and began the first ride after noon on Feb 1 - so it was Feb 1 or 2 everywhere on earth by the time I started.
Worst case, re-riding the sessions wouldn’t be awful - the scenery and commentary on all of the Tasmanian rides is wonderful, and the other 3 rides seem to pretty effectively work on my MAP weakness, although my experience with this series convinces me that I need to retest and up my numbers as soon as I’m able.
Probably wasn’t the smartest idea to do Mt. Wellington, the day after half Monty but you’ve got to get the challenges in when you can. Had a quick I’m gonna die moment, right before the last ascent but got back up to power and finished.
I did the UAE climb yesterday and it’s tough! Harder than I remembered from the last time I did it. I’ve got Tasmania scheduled in for tomorrow and then I’m done too!
Yes, did Tasmania this afternoon and got the badge.
I enjoyed all four rides of this challenge.
Angels was definitely my favourite. First time riding Mt Wellington which I thought was quite hard but very do-able. I found it not unlike Cobbler in that you know your legs can take it and you just need to keep going. UAE was tougher than I remembered from previously, adding a soundtrack by Deadmau5 helped, plus I hit the space bar for a quick breather a few times!
Thanks Coach Rupert for putting this together.
Now I just need to go and finish off the Tasmania badge…
Finished Angels this morning. While I don’t quite agree with calling 10 minutes of non-stop over-under a “warm-up” … the major efforts and intermediate recoveries really worked well. I’m glad the challenge motivated me add this into my mountain fondo plan.
I’ve got Angels coming up this weekend and will be warming up with …checks notes… Short KOM training session. Good for the badge, but can’t wait to see how bad the legs get thrashed.
Yes, did Tasmania this afternoon and got the badge.