The latest TrainingPeaks Virtual update, v0.4.7, released January 6th, 2025 adds in-app tips, hotkeys, UI upgrades and game physics tweaks.
Editor’s note: Since early June 2023, we’ve highlighted the rapid evolution of indieVelo with weekly update posts. Not everyone receives the emails or is a member of the various social media groups, and the more searchable mentions available, the better to promote the indieVelo, err, Training Peaks Virtual vision. The name is different, and the once-a-week cadence might change, but the commitment to promoting the platform hasn’t wavered.
A Note From the George Gilbert, TrainingPeaks Virtual Founder: |
Happy New Year, and I hope that you are looking forward to the opportunities a fresh beginning brings as much as we are.
TrainingPeaks Virtual is starting off as we mean to continue, with a bumper release full of new features, improvements and fixes to help make your training easier and more productive.
Headlining this week is a series of changes to improve the UI and make the many existing unique features of TrainingPeaks Virtual easier to find and use – everything from in-app hints and tips through to hotkeys and documentation.
Additionally, there are improvements to the in-world physics, new monthly challenges for January, and a wide variety of updates to the server infrastructure to keep everything running smoothly.
In Episode 58 of the Virtual Velo Podcast, Chris and Emma welcome Dirk Friel, co-founder and Chief Evangelist of Training Peaks, and Dr. George Gilbert, the creator of indieVelo, to discuss their newly formed partnership and the launch of Training Peaks Virtual.
Please keep your thoughts and ideas coming into the dedicated TrainingPeaks Virtual UserVoice forum, where your suggestions can be shared, discussed and voted on.
These will form the basis of the features we’ll be working on next, and as ever your feedback is central to this. Thank you all again, and I can’t wait to see what we all can build together in the coming weeks, months and years ahead.
TrainingPeaks Virtual will just self-update the next time you open the app. If you find any problems, please follow instructions on how to manually update here.
Do you want to steepen your indieVelo learning curve? Check out our How-to-Guides page for details!
“Thank you all again for your continued support!”
– George Gilbert, and the TrainingPeaks team
Release Notes – v0.4.7 |
TrainingPeaks Virtual will just self-update the next time you open the app. If you find any problems, please follow instructions on how to manually update here. |
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Semi-retired after more than 20 years as the owner and director of a private Orthopedic Physical Therapy practice, Chris now enjoys the freedom to dedicate himself to his passions—virtual cycling and writing.
Driven to give back to the sport that has enriched his life with countless experiences and relationships, he founded a non-profit organization, TheDIRTDadFund. In the summer of 2022, he rode 3,900 miles from San Francisco to his “Gain Cave” on Long Island, New York, raising support for his charity.
His passion for cycling shines through in his writing, which has been featured in prominent publications like Cycling Weekly, Cycling News, road.cc, Zwift Insider, Endurance.biz, and Bicycling. In 2024, he was on-site in Abu Dhabi, covering the first live, in-person UCI Cycling Esports World Championship.
His contributions to cycling esports have not gone unnoticed, with his work cited in multiple research papers exploring this evolving discipline. He sits alongside esteemed esports scientists as a member of the Virtual Sports Research Network and contributes to groundbreaking research exploring the new frontier of virtual physical sport. Chris co-hosts The Virtual Velo Podcast, too.
