Many thanks for your suggestion and support for TrainingPeaks Virtual.

For better, or for worse, TrainingPeaks Virtual uses an accurate physics model for the movement of bicycles in the application. This means that your speed indoors will match your speed outdoors, and on steep inclines that means going slowly.

If you want to accumulate virtual miles, then we strongly recommend riding on the flatter areas of the island. For example, the "Forest Velodrome" route is perfectly flat with no hills at all, and the "Coastal Loop" route is mostly flat. You can also sort all the routes in-app using the filters at the top of the "Ride" tab of the main menu, to show them in order of their average gradient so you can easily see which routes to pick!