Zwift Chat

[<Tommy>]

Do the Crit City race with me tomorrow. That'll get you close

https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=552390

Funnily enough I’ve suddenly gone off crit racing 😄 . Seriously though I think I’ll do a longer race with whippet tomorrow if he actually pulls his finger out and picks one! Welcome to join us of course.

 

[Norry1]

Funnily enough I’ve suddenly gone off crit racing 😄 . Seriously though I think I’ll do a longer race with whippet tomorrow if he actually pulls his finger out and picks one! Welcome to join us of course.

Cheers but my longer race will be on Monday. Not that it is over-long.

Planning to beat my PR up Box Hill on the 1st ascent and try not to die in the 2nd

 

[Norry1]

Hey @IrishAl or anyone else. How do you add the extra text at the top of your ZP Profile as per the pic below?

 

[bobinski]

@bobinski & @CXRAndy. It’s amazing how much easier it is to give advice than take it eh boys? Look forward to seeing the both of you pull a few extra watts out of your back pockets in the next race 👍😄

🤔I always take advice from those qualified to give it 😛

 

[mjd1988]

I race like that sometimes if my aim is to try and hang on to the front group (I did just that in the Danish races) - I was blowing up after 20 mins, sometimes less, then having to recover before trying to hang on to chasing groups as they catch me. I think it was you that said this is what I should do to get stronger, as the more I do it the longer I'll be able to hold on and the better I'll get

This is completely my race strategy as well 😂

Actually knowing the course profile has made it easier to know when to sit at the back of the group and have a breather though, rather than randomly entering the nearest race. That probably helps lower the 20min average (and I love supertucking past people just to annoy them)

 

[Brusgaard]

Hey @IrishAl or anyone else. How do you add the extra text at the top of your ZP Profile as per the pic below?

 

[Milzy]

Ive gone up 1kg too. Just Since reading how close I am to cat A

Seems a lot of us have gained 1kg. Might be enough to keep me in B for longer races.

 

[Whorty]

Seems a lot of us have gained 1kg. Might be enough to keep me in B for longer races.

I lost a kg ... probably enough to push me into B soon I need more cake

 

[Milzy]

I lost a kg ... probably enough to push me into B soon I need more cake

Zwift says my 20 min power is 274w so let's see how A's go. Chris Pritchard is now saying he's a B. Guy who can do 300m sprints at 1200 watts. 🤔

 

[CXRAndy]

Zwift says my 20 min power is 274w so let's see how A's go. Chris Pritchard is now saying he's a B. Guy who can do 300m sprints at 1200 watts. 🤔

You mean this Chris Pritchard?
https://www.zwiftpower.com/profile.php?z=30255

he is high end B cat. 1000W 15sec

 

[Freelanderuk]

I had gained over 1kg but it’s twice up box on the next Danish race 😂

 

[Freelanderuk]

 

[Norry1]

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Thanks mate

 

[Milzy]

Spag bol 17 secs worse. Dropped by A's before climb, plus 1kg and fully loaded with training so not a bad sign really.

 

[mjd1988]

As mentioned earlier in the thread RGT cycling are offering premium features for free during Covid as an attempt to grab as many subscribers as they can while everyone is using their turbos a noble gesture. https://www.rgtcycling.com/covid-19/

I did my first ever online group ride last night - an online HIIT session with Jasmijn Muller on RGT. I spotted that all the other participants had female names and it was only reading around afterwards that I found that she's setting herself up as a female-specific coach, which would have been a bit embarrassing in the real world but online - meh. Anyway it was quite a tough session.

Cheers for this; have many people checked it out? My brother in law is in lockdown with us so might sign him up and have a nosy.

Edit; had a quick spin and didn't do much for me to be honest on a very short effort