Zwift, TR, Sufferfest etc

[bennymac]

Just to try it out I made a 6pm west coast (pacific standard) Tuesday event - group ride of 3 laps on Innsbrucking route as per usual. The “late joiners are allowed” option is on.

Made a Thursday east coast ride for 6pm eastern standard as well.

Let me know if I didn’t get the times set up properly for those time zones.

Doesn’t look like you can just have these automatically generate weekly

[EWG]

Just to try it out I made a 6pm west coast (pacific standard) Tuesday event - group ride of 3 laps on Innsbrucking route as per usual. The “late joiners are allowed” option is on.

Made a Thursday east coast ride for 6pm eastern standard as well.

Let me know if I didn’t get the times set up properly for those time zones.

Doesn’t look like you can just have these automatically generate weekly

6pm west coast is pretty late for east coasters and a lot of the group is out there. Last year we did 5 west coast time for Tuesday. What do we think about making the Tuesday time a bit earlier like last year? Maybe get more riders…

[bennymac]

Yeah no problem will change it

[dan_pdx]

I got an invite for a 5 pm Pacific ride on Tuesday from Wendigo, do we have dueling events? Bennymac, I didn't get an invite for your event, don't you want some cannon fodder?

[bennymac]

I got an invite for a 5 pm Pacific ride on Tuesday from Wendigo, do we have dueling events? Bennymac, I didn't get an invite for your event, don't you want some cannon fodder?

Weird. Maybe I missed a step. Since we are both mods I don’t think we can make duplicates - I see the event with you saying you’re going (dan_pdx).

Regardless - as long as one of us gets the rides up and going that’s all that matters. We can’t have it be recurring automatically but it appears to let you post date them far down the road - so once we settle on a schedule they can be prearranged for awhile forward.

[Dee Hubbs]

It looks like Wendigo might have made a meetup.
And Benny made a “Club Event” Group ride.
The easiest way for us to set up events is in the Club section. No invites are needed, anyone in the TGR club can attend, anyone can join the TGR club without an approval process, and you can copy the club event URL and text it to your brother in law to join.

Benny I see your Tuesday 18:00 MST event, 3 laps of Innsbruckring. Everything looks good.

[jamal]

I'll try to make it on a regular basis. sun-wed are my most open evenings.

[dan_pdx]

Looks like I have an excellent chance of getting on the podium tomorrow!

[bennymac]

7 riders for the snapper season opener!



I won’t be there for Thursday ride but will try to sort out this whole club invite business so it’s set up.

[VTskibum]

Thx for getting it rolling, glad I was able to join for at least the first lap


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[VTskibum]

2x post

[bennymac]

Looks like the Thursday event is there - set for 6pm. Can change it to 5pm if enough east coast riders want it earlier.

[dan_pdx]

I'm out of town for a bit, but can probably join next Thursday for more fun

[basinbeater]

I wanna get in on some group rides too, but can't swing 5pm mst tomorrow.
Anybody be interested in a Monday ride at like 8 or 9 pm mountain time? Like the dad ride, hey I'm done putting the kids to bed let's ride, ride.

[bennymac]

Ride arranged for tomorrow 5pm west coast time - anyone interested in burning off the Christmas cookies on the leg snapper?

[Iowagriz]

I'm on the sidelines for another few weeks due to surgery. Should be back by Feb

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[dan_pdx]

Ride arranged for tomorrow 5pm west coast time - anyone interested in burning off the Christmas cookies on the leg snapper?

Count me in!

[VTskibum]

Will be hit or miss next few weeks. Work trip this week, so definitely out.


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[bennymac]

It’s looking thin for tonight.

Was leg day for me yesterday so I’ll probably just do a zone 2 tour de Zwift ride if it’s not looking like a group forming up

[dan_pdx]

It’s looking thin for tonight.

Was leg day for me yesterday so I’ll probably just do a zone 2 tour de Zwift ride if it’s not looking like a group forming up

Okay, thanks for the heads up. I'll find a canned workout -- all the pain but way less fun than a group ride

[wendigo]

I’m in my 2nd of 4 airports today. Should be back on tomorrow or next day assuming the baggage throwers haven’t messed my bike up too much.

[bennymac]

I’m away from home for the next couple weeks - I’ll try to remember to set up TGR group rides but I can’t make promises - the other mags with those capabilities hopefully will be available to do it

[Iowagriz]

Zwift workouts - getting into them for the first time. I've used my own (old) plans in the past, but decided to try the pre-planned workouts. Gran Fondo plan, which is 8 weeks long - maybe 4hrs a week and increases. A few questions for those that have tried these plans:

1) no rest week within the 8 weeks, seems odd. But also only 4 workouts a week. I'm used to rest days, but usually 6-7 days of riding for 2 weeks and then a rest week (I'm 58 and need the recovery time).

2) what do people add to ride 6 days a week? Easy spins seems logical, Z1/Z2 - maybe another 60/90min. I have the time to train (retired), I'd really like to push into the 10-12hr a week segment by the end of this plan.

3) how do you keep at the workout wattage? I'd hope it was easier to keep within +/- 5 watts. But at 220, I was fluctuating +/- 20w.

[bean]

Zwift workouts - getting into them for the first time. I've used my own (old) plans in the past, but decided to try the pre-planned workouts. Gran Fondo plan, which is 8 weeks long - maybe 4hrs a week and increases. A few questions for those that have tried these plans:

1) no rest week within the 8 weeks, seems odd. But also only 4 workouts a week. I'm used to rest days, but usually 6-7 days of riding for 2 weeks and then a rest week (I'm 58 and need the recovery time).

2) what do people add to ride 6 days a week? Easy spins seems logical, Z1/Z2 - maybe another 60/90min. I have the time to train (retired), I'd really like to push into the 10-12hr a week segment by the end of this plan.

3) how do you keep at the workout wattage? I'd hope it was easier to keep within +/- 5 watts. But at 220, I was fluctuating +/- 20w.

The full training plan for anyone not familiar: https://whatsonzwift.com/workouts/gran-fondo

Gran Fondo is the only Zwift training plan I’ve done. Most of the rest don’t look worth my time, either way too much intensity or wasting hours going *too* easy. It isn’t an ideal training plan but I found it to be a good use of time, gets you some intensity and some mandatory long trainer rides. It’s only 8 weeks and the first and last are pretty easy so more like a 6 week block. I was working nights when I did the GF plan so I’d wake up at 11 or so, coffee, do the workout, eat something, then take a nap. Being retired you can probably work that it to boost recovery.

If you want to ride more add more base rides (whether that’s recovery or Z2).

Focusing on a smooth pedal stroke and trying to keep the power numbers steady will improve but it really just takes practice and fitness.

You also get some in-game socks for finishing the plan, something to keep you motivated for the end.

[jamal]

1- I would say that the lack of rest weeks is because if that's all you do it's not going to fatigue you enough to need a rest week. It is not that much total time, and there is not very much time spent at or above threshold. Also, a rest week doesn't have to mean like 7 whole days of not riding a bike. I will usually just take it easy- commute, go on casual rides, not do anything really long or high intensity.

2- go ride outside. generally there's not ever going to be a downside to more volume (until you are doing A LOT, and not riding easy enough on the long rides, and also doing high intensity, and also not ever resting). The point of Z1/2 is that you can do a bunch without overly fatiguing yourself. I'm on a pretty big week right now but only did one day of high intensity- a 2x20 on monday, and my watch and garmin still think i'm pretty fresh.

3- Not a huge deal and the more important part is he time in the zone, and the average over whole thing. Personally i find that erg mode holds it pretty well, although sometimes i turn it off on the really hard ones because if you start dropping a few w below the target it doesn't bring your pedals to a stop. Like for my next 5x5 workout my target number is pretty high and I won't be surprised if I have to either switch off erg mode or turn it down a bit. But hey how hard could 10 more watts actually be?