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Milzy
Guru
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It's a shame I couldn't get it in all the same ride. There was muteiny with a hilly course so we moved over but at all different stages. Mark Beoumount doesn't really know anything about Zwift. He trains outdoors in all weather's. Not a fan of the turbo. We were plodding at 2.5 w/kilo and someone was been snide saying great on the miles but you're going slow. Don't think they realised it was 'the' Mark Beoumount.
Milzy
Guru
It feels like sunburn, legs on fire.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Is it just me, or are there very few group rides, especially easy paced ones, in the events calendar in Zwift now? There's an absolute glut of races, but I was looking for a 60-ish minute sub-2 ride for tonight and usually I'd have three or four to choose from on a midweek evening, but there was nothing. Looked on other nights and it seems a similar picture - wonder if this is because with people at home, the demand for racing is up and group rides are down?
Ended up doing a workout, but dialled down my FTP first to make it easier, then sprinted up the first bend of the Alpe just for fun (and immediately U-turned).
Ended up doing a workout, but dialled down my FTP first to make it easier, then sprinted up the first bend of the Alpe just for fun (and immediately U-turned).
Milzy
Guru
I get more invites than ever now. I do want to go to them but usually hung over or too tired. The trouble with Zwift is you're really spoilt for choice. You'd expect that from £12.99 a month though so can't complain really.
What I do is ride on the inner ring, so reduce overall power output. I also reduce difficulty to 10% to flatten all the gradients. I then just pedal at a cadence I want and watch my power and HR. I can actually do very well and maintaining a steady power level, matching ERG on the flat.
I'm still getting my legs back and opportunities to ride are limited -- the combination thereof tends to have me racing in the daily crit city races. I can be competitive in those if I don't have mechanical or technology glitches. But add a hill or extend out past 30 minutes and I'll probably fade badly.AgreedCome on Jeff, join the fun on Monday's
Had best power output in about a year today for another 1st (by .25 seconds) and good consistent times lap-to-lap. I think I was 1-4th on all 8 laps for the registered racers. I've put on a couple kg, so I'm not bumping into category maximums yet, but hopefully it won't be long.
What's a bit funny is I'm still cleaning the lungs of gunk post-race, so I hack a fair amount. In today's world that ensures folks give you plenty of room at the grocery store, mask or not :-)
I haven’t noticed but I’ve looked at today’s schedule and there’s about four between 5 and 7 o’clock and that’s it.
Definitely more races than usual I fancy.
Well Zwift's mission and ethos is all about fitness but with social. Zwift thought that social means group rides but it seems to me that racing is becoming the new social. Look at how much chat there is pre, during and post all the races we do - much more than for group rides.
BurningLegs
Guru
I love the fact there is a variety, so hope that is kept. It is nice that you can filter the events to show races, socials, or both at once to cater for all preferences.
My personal favourite format is a social ride with an "after party" race. A nice 2.5w/kg jaunt followed by a quick blast up a climb is the sweet spot for me
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
I'll admit that most of my riding on Zwift has historically been solo free riding, somewhat through choice, but also because the times I'm free to ride don't always tie in with the more popular riding times for other people. But I have enjoyed having the option for large pack group rides before, especially once they brought the fence in, as it forced me to keep to an easy pace and not just race off as usual and knacker my legs after 20 minutes when I was supposed to be doing a 90 minute session!
Racing is something I started to get into, then got frustrated with due to sandbaggers, then have started to come round to again (mainly due to the leagues and team events on here), but I can only do that once, maybe twice a week.
Racing is something I started to get into, then got frustrated with due to sandbaggers, then have started to come round to again (mainly due to the leagues and team events on here), but I can only do that once, maybe twice a week.
Every cloud has a silver lining
Glad you're getting back some fitness Jeff and getting over the illness. Always nice seeing your races pop up on ZP
