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That's super stuff!
Sub 60 is sub 60....
I found it a really fun event actually!
We should get another in the calendar!
DrP
Wednesday crit was just two of us so we discussed power (more what I could actually manage compared to Aaron B!) and then road round together sprinting each lap - was a lot of fun
I would have been on yesterday's but have caught a cold & been feeling a bit crappy.
Didn't seem to affect me too much on Tuesday, but felt quite grotty yesterday.
Hopefully will be able to join more of these going forwards!
Wednesday crit was just two of us so we discussed power (more what I could actually manage compared to Aaron B!) and then road round together sprinting each lap – was a lot of fun
I enjoyed it as well. Turns out a group ride was actually what I needed rather than a race :D.
I did notice some odd bits while signing onto that event. I'm not in the STW club as there are limited slots and being in team I think it fairer to leave the slot free. In the companion app I could not see the event at all (until I joined it another way). On ZP I could see the event (though Tuesdays events did not show on there). From the ZP entry I could sign up using the 'Join at zwift.com link'. After joining that way the event appeared in the companion as 'event starting in...' however if I clicked to view the event then the companion app crashed!
I have put Tuesdays festive gathering into the calendar if anyone is interested in leading the ride? 60 minutes of sprints around Neokyo. I know it repeats last weeks but a lot of people didn’t do that so think it would be good.
https://www.zwift.com/events/view/2541277
Also a Sunday social ride starting at 9am for those of you who want a lie in!
https://www.zwift.com/events/view/2536485
After ~3 years on Zwift, I only discovered this week that you can start a route and do multiple workouts to save it one ride.
I was only combining an ERG warmup and two lots of Emily's Short Mix with my FTP lowered to very easy Z1, the frequent changes of effort in the 85-115W range helped make the time go by slightly quicker.
I've signed up for both, though not sure I'll make either as I've booster jab on Sunday morning and a very early start Wednesday. We'll see though, might make s bit of each.
My experience of the booster was pretty positive!
Booster on Monday evening - smashed my Alpe record by 8 minutes on Tuesday evening easily getting in under the hour. Then yesterday lunchtime I did a British Cycling TT event, came 3rd overall, won the B cat and averaged 338w for 23 minutes with a new FTP of 324w (from 304w) in the process. So it appears my booster was spiked with EPO and now I am going to get fatter over xmas and completely nullify myself for the next race series
My experience of the booster was pretty positive!
Mine will mainly be interfering with Sunday hills by virtue of being at 10.30am. given the current state of my fitness I don't think it could possibly have anything but a positive impact on my performance even if, rather than EPO, I'm dosed with Ebola.
Tomorrow night is the festive sprint session. Feel free to join and pass it on to your friends.
https://www.zwift.com/events/view/2541277
That will likely be the last event before Xmas. Attendance is pretty low so hopefully we can get things back together for the New Year.
Last before Xmas real world ride in the freezing cold but dry weather I'm hoping tomorrow evening. 🥶
Had booster on Sunday and today had nothing in the tank. May try and join tomorrow if I feel ok in the day.
Hi Robbo, if there's space in the group could you add me to the list to keep the cat D contingent going 🙂
I also had my booster on Sunday. I had a rough night with a fever after it and still a bit ropey today. A ramp test tomorrow might sort me out…
The weather forecast looks pretty dismal from Xmas onwards so back to the virtual world I go…
Sprinters playground tonight - we will take it easy between the sprints an always regroup so if you dont want to contest the sprints feel free to do as you please. I will try and lead it and let you know when they are coming up! As it is a new route im not that familiar - perhaps an opportunity for some to get a route badge as well?
https://zwiftinsider.com/route/sprinters-playground/
I think I’ll give it a try tonight. I’ll make my excuse and say I’m still feeling bit ropey from my booster the other day.
So, see how goes.
Bpw all day, plus I'm in premier Inn with only my Mtb so no chance for me
Based on last week, the sprints come thick and fast! Only just had my tea so I'll cruise through the sprints for the 1st half lap or so.
Would anyone like to lead a ride on Tuesday evening at 7pm or 7:30pm? I can’t do it but thought it would be good to get the first event in the calendar. Open to the ride leader to decide what sort of ride and course!
Let me chat to my IRL fwends to see if we'll be out in the hills ..
If not, I'll be up for leading..
If anyone else wants to step in though.. do shout .
DrP
@DrP can lead an endurance ride during the day on Thursday. Would be a 2 hour ride if anyone is interested?
Sounds good - I need to get in some longer rides. BUT - during the day is not gonna happen, unfortunately.
I think the only way I can fit in longer rides is to get up early at the weekend and get some miles under my belt....
Is it a possibility to late start an organised stw club ride?
What time would the 2hr ride begin? I might be able to join in if it starts after 9am but before 11am.
I think i'd start it at about 10-1030... if that works?
I would generally aim for 65% FTP for a steady 90 min session, with a warm up and cool down after...
I can make a workout detailing such, and we can all do the same workout together with elastic band on?
DrP
Any suggestions for a table for a laptop when using Zwift? Preferably something reasonably cheap!
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Any suggestions for a table for a laptop when using Zwift? Preferably something reasonably cheap!
I bought the Planet X trainer table a couple of months back. It's not exactly cheap but it is well made for the price and has plenty of space to load up with stuff.
I bought it while reduced by £20.
I think i’d start it at about 10-1030
I should be awake and ready to ride by 10 if this event is happening?
No problem if it isn't tho. 👍
Yeah, Still happening...just liaising with Rob to see if i can be an event creator...
Shall we say 1015 start time... Everyone will be starting otehr events at 10am..
DrP
Ok. I'll be ready for 1015, I hope.
I’ve put a 2 hour ride starting at 10:15 in the group with @DrP as ride leader. It is set for big foothills at the moment but let me know what course you want to do. Late join is on so you can join up to 10:45
Sounds great!
DrP
Am I too late to join?
C group pace is where I'm at I think.
Only problem is my work schedule means attendance can be a bit sporadic!
Weekend morning rides would be good.
Thanks
JB
You should be ok to join in with today's ride.
Go to the stw zwift club page and you should be able to find the event.
Is there a ride this Saturday (8th)? If so, how do I find it in Zwift?
Thanks
JB
Can't see anything in the club page but I'd be up for something late morning ish
Where do I find the club page? Once I know that I can keep an eye out for events.
I've tried clicking a few of the old event links on previous pages...
Companion app - might not be working for android, I know there were issues.
Anyone fancy a Sunday hills ride tomorrow? Just debating heading outside or staying in (or possibly both as it'll be solo outside)
I can put a Sunday hills ride in. Which course and what time?
8.30 or 9ish and something with lumps.i would say I've not done the big Innsbruck hill for ages but to be honest I've not done anything for ages
I maybe, but it’s a big maybe, up for the Innsbruck hill ride. Though it all depends on how many beers I have watching the mighty Tigers later on tonight!
So don’t put me down as a defo.
https://www.zwift.com/events/view/2626251
Here you go. Link to the event. Or you can join through the clubs section of the companion app.
Brian - I can make you ride leader if you would like?
You mean lend me the big gold arrow?
Why not eh?
All done! You have the conn.
I really enjoyed that this morning, that's Jimbob & DangerousBrain for the company
Indeed, thanks for coming. Was good to "see" some new faces and have the company.
@robbo1234biking I only meant once up the hill, I'm way too out of practice for that!
Well you didn’t have to do both ascents!
I suppose it meant we got to come down it twice.
Enjoyed that one this morning. Cheers gents
I would like to join a ride or two when I’m available, what’s the best way to keep a check on when they are on?Tia
I have put a Sunday Hills ride in for Sunday morning at 8am. Feel free to join via the link below or through the clubs tab on the companion app. Going to make 8am on Sundays a regular slot to get a bit more interest going! Anyone wants to lead let me know.
https://www.zwift.com/events/view/2645268
All being well I'll be out in the real world on Sunday.
Yeah see you Sunday.
I can lead Rob. Happy to do steady 2 - 2.5 wkg and people can join and leave as it suits. Bring money for cake 😉
Bring money for cake 😉
I thought sausages were standard fare for Sunday hills?
You never had sausage cake?
Well much as sausage cake sounds pretty revolting, I suppose "come for the sausage, stay for the cake" beats "come for sausage, stay for the craic"
dangeourbrain
Well much as sausage cake sounds pretty revolting
To be fair, I thought the same about carrot cake before I tried it!
I'm gonna try & make Sunday's ride, but not sure what the weekend plans are at the moment.
Sunday is unlikely as i'm at Surry Hills.... but i'll be getting 'indoors' plenty in the coming weeks.
Anyone fancy an FTP test this saturday AM???
I can set up a 75min ride, with elastic band… and as long as we all chose the ‘normal’ FTP test, we can do it together???
DrP
Anyone fancy an FTP test this saturday AM???
Surrey Hills on Sat for me i'm afraid.
Well all, I made the hard decision this morning to keep off Zwift and the bike for the next 2 to 3 months until I get the heart back in working order. Even though I've not been on any recent STW races or meet ups I've been trying to get some form of cycling still in my life but recent easy turbo spins are causing me quite a bit of fatigue, plus I probably need to give the heart some rest rather than pushing it when it's not ready.
A new change of meds and another procedure at the end of February will hopefully get me back in a better place (the last one didn't work!).
So Zwift subscription on hold for now. Planning for an April return when I will definitely be joining you back on the Sunday hills, although probably slower!!. Have fun all and keep up the banter!
TBH mate it'll be tough... but not as tough as dropping dead... Good luck to you and just because you're not in the gang, doesn't mean you're not in the gang 🙂
Anyone fancy an FTP test this saturday AM???
Hmm, I've been meaning to do one of these and keep putting it off, could be the push I need to actually complete it. What time you thinking?
weeksy
Full Member
TBH mate it’ll be tough… but not as tough as dropping dead… Good luck to you and just because you’re not in the gang, doesn’t mean you’re not in the gang 🙂
Lol, cheers! Yeah not being able to bike for a few months, I pity the wife!
Edit - I just realized how that sounds, I mean me being grumpy, hahaha!
Hope they get you on the mend Craig
@oopnorth, we miss you. But it's good you are looking after yourself. I hope Feb goes well and you stay on target for April. We'll still be here.
Hope things go well @oopnorth, I don’t know what I would do, not being able to jump on the bike, even for a little spin.
Take things easy and see you back in the virtual world soon!
Thanks lads, it's going to be tough to stay off the bike but it has to be done. If all goes well it won't be long.
I'll be watching how you all get on in the races in the meantime.
Does anyone know if it's possible to take individual workouts from the Zwift training plans and complete them?
I was looking to follow the Build Me Up plan very loosely but it appears that the only way you can do the specified workouts is to follow the full 12 week plan.
Am I missing something?
Had a bit of slack time at work so did a little search. This may help.
Found this link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13G29M69jJ0tCr5zJuJfKt71suPrdbHhN
From this chat https://forums.zwift.com/t/build-me-up-workouts-independent-of-plan/515639/7
Hope they work for you.
Just done my next TDZ stage. Bloody TV switched off and the Apple TV disconnected half way through. It all came back on after a couple of minutes and I'd lost 100 places.
The companion app never sync'd with the game throughout though. It sometimes use slow to do so, but it didn't at all this time. What dictates whether it sync's or not? I'd signed on to the event through the app about half an hour before.
I'm doing the TDZ ride at 1800 today, if anyone is interested?
DrP
So I’m quite new to this Zwifting lark- been doing 1-2 sessions a week this winter and looking to increase fitness before spring. Regular rides/ races might just make me get on the turbo on nights I don’t fancy it.
How does the club thing work (I can’t see it on the companion app- is that because I haven’t had the special handshake?), and is there still any space- I saw there was a 100 member limit on page 1, then skipped to the end!
There is still space and every user on Zwift should now have access...but Zwift havent really rolled it out very well so its use is limited at the moment. With no notification it relies on people cehcking when an event is up etc. The good news is they are working on a lot of features as per the below. Once this is sorted then it should be a good asset but until that stage it isnt really useable. Other club members cant even create events at the moment. Hopefully this will all get sorted soon though and we can start to make better use of it (especially as I know @DrP wants to start workout club!).
What can you expect next release?
Team has been out from the holidays and will have no significant updates in the January release
Focus on rolling out Clubs to ALL users
What is Zwift working on now?
Push notifications when a new club event is created
Push notifications when there is a new club chat
Ability to discover and join a club
What is the status on feedback the community provided?
I provided a high level status for each item:
Discovery: Early in the process
Backlog: It’s on our radar and some work has been done
In Progress: It’s actively being worked on
Done: Released
Club Management
Push notifications with club events - In Progress
Push notifications with club chat - In Progress
Enable moderators to create, edit and delete club events - In Progress
Ability to search and join a club - In Progress
Push notifications with club announcements - Backlog
Sharing a club via link on web - Backlog
Ability for non ZC users to join a club - Backlog
Links in club chat to be clickable - Discovery
Dedicated club chat channel - Discovery
Having more than 100 members in a club - Discovery
See and customize time zones for clubs - Discovery
Club race radio - Discovery
Ability to join more than 1 club - Done
Club Events Settings
Make event only routes available for club events - In Progress
Reduce the route image size on route selection - In Progress
Steering mode - Backlog
Double draft mode - Backlog
Fence mode - Backlog
Rubbberbanding (keeping everyone to gether) mode - Discovery
Club Event Management
Ability to configure more than 1 leader and sweeper for backups - Backlog
Remove subgroup text descriptions - Backlog
Creating recurring events - Backlog
Integration with Zwift Power for club created events - Discovery
Changing ride leader and sweeper at any time, even live during an event - Discovery
Ability to edit subgroup start times - Discovery
Ability to hide an event from club events feed - Discovery
Ability to delete a club event - Done
Club Event Modes
Group workout mode - Backlog
Using workout library in game to create group workouts - Discovery
Club training plans - Discovery
Custom club group workouts - Discovery
Create club races - Discovery
Team time trial event mode - Discovery
Chat with club members after event end in game - Discovery
Club Identity
Custom Club logo - Backlog
Using special characters in club name - Backlog
Club representation in game - Discovery
Club kits - Discovery
Bugs
Event page crashes (Android) - Discovery
Pre-set club images are not always loading - Discovery
Event attendee list showing duplicates (iOS & Android) - Backlog
Changing routes doesn’t update in subgroup text description of the event (Android) - Backlog
All worlds are listed as Watopia for run templates (Android) - Backlog
App crashes during event creation (Android) - Done
U16 being able to join (iOS & Android) - Done
Reports of users not getting the “join event” button (Zwift Game) - Done
Changing pace groups cause routes to change randomly (iOS & Android) - Done
Interesting update there Robbo .. thanks for moving me up the echelons of the club, but still can’t make events! Oh well…
I think until the ‘group workout’ bit is fixed, and the elastic band works, doing a group workout in free ride just won’t work.
Will be nice to be able to make group events though..hills, sprints etc were great fun!
Will watch this space..
Oh..anyone looking to get fitter and faster on zwift via a training plan, have a look at my thread about starting the “build me up” plan on Monday 7th Feb!
DrP
Thanks for signing me up Robbo. Look forward to riding with you all
Given the weather is not especially wonderful, can I interest anyone in Sunday hills this weekend?
Should anyone be so inclined there's a meet-up in the club or here.
Sunday hills! https://www.zwift.com/events/view/2810876
8.31 start (because it's traditional!)
Climber's gambit
it's set for double distance but I'm really not sure how that will work, hopefully out and back... (I know two laps would be out, back, out and finally back again and that feels like a bit too much!)
Late start is on though I guess I'm probably in the minority thinking 8.30 is early.
Alas, I'm also running my group workout at that time also!
Have fun in up the reverse epic!
We must do another "STW does AdZ" effort soon!
DrP