Elite Zwift Games 2025: My 5 Stages of Oh-Good-Grief

No guts, no glory? Let's see how that worked out.
Creating this video caused me more grief than the games itself. Help me relax by keeping my Ovaltine supply topped up: https://ko-fi.com/illigardner

Elite ZG Information/fan guide: https://www.zwift.com/uk/video/zwift-...

Strava activities:
Stage 1:   / strava  
Stage 2:   / strava  
Stage 3:   / strava  
Stage 4:   / strava  
Showdown:   / strava  
Stage 5:   / strava  

Video clips:
"Zwift Games Epic Weekend Stage 5 and Overall Finale" by Zwift https://www.youtube.com/live/rPwkBele...
"Zwift Games Climb Weekend Stages 3 & 4" by Zwift https://www.youtube.com/live/AZZK0NvW...
"Zwift Games Sprint Weekend Stages 1 & 2" by Zwift https://www.youtube.com/live/RmBq58YF...

Coldplay's "Fix You" angelic vocals performed by Illi Gardner with piano accompaniment performed by Paul Gardner

Additional sound effects sourced from freesound.org:
"disturbing moment 4A19k" by Setuniman
"Elevator Music" by YellowTree
"film_slate.wav" by themfish
"hold music 0O_20mi3l" by Setuniman
"Parachute.wav" by Benboncan
"Pause" by SergeQuadrado
"TimeTravel.wav" by jameswrowles

Software used: Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Nuke, Garmin Virb Edit

0:00 Intro/Explanation
02:09 Sprint Races
04:06 Climb Races
07:36 Epic Race
24:16 Conclusion/Outro