Hey everyone! 👋
Welcome to the Paincave Community Forum — a place for endurance athletes to share knowledge, ask questions, discuss gear, and support each other's training.
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Feel free to introduce yourself below — what sport(s) you do, your current goals, and how long you've been training!
Let's build something great together. 🚴♂️🏃♀️🏊♂️
Great to be here! Road cyclist from northern Italy, been riding for about 8 years. Currently sitting at 4.1 W/kg and targeting a sub-5 hour Strade Bianche gran fondo this fall. Also dabbling in gravel racing.
Looking forward to sharing and learning from everyone!
Hi! Triathlete from Lisbon, Portugal. Training for my first Olympic distance triathlon this summer. Cycling is my strongest sport, running is... work in progress, and swimming is where I'm trying not to drown.
Great to have a community here — the triathlon forums out there tend to be either super beginner or ultra-competitive Ironman athletes. Nice to have something in between.
Hey all! Cyclist and occasional runner from Portland, Oregon. FTP around 240W and working on getting to 4 W/kg (currently 3.8). Main goal this year is my first century ride.
Excited to have a community forum attached to the training platform. Makes it easy to discuss the training data we're all looking at.
Bjorn here, cycling from Stockholm. 4.13 W/kg and trying to push to 4.5 before the Swedish summer racing season. Also big into indoor training — I probably spend more time on Zwift than outdoors in winter.
Happy to help anyone with structured training questions — I've gone deep on the sports science side of things.
Jake from Denver, Colorado. Cyclist + runner, training with power on the bike and trying to add power to my running too. Currently at 275W FTP cycling and working toward a sub-3:30 marathon.
Love that this exists — it's like having a clubhouse for the training data nerds.
Hello! I'm Emma, cyclist from Bristol, UK. Just got my dream bike (Tarmac SL8!) and targeting a few sportives this year. FTP 240W at 60kg so 4.0 W/kg — hoping to crack 4.2 by summer.
Really looking forward to the gear discussions — I might have a slight N+1 problem. 😅
Lisa from Ghent, Belgium! Road cycling addict — I live right in the heart of the Vlaamse Ardennen, so I ride the Tour of Flanders route basically every weekend. Currently on a Factor Ostro VAM and loving life.
Always happy to share routes and tips for anyone visiting Flanders for cycling!
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