Zwift McGill Team

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Hi all

I was inquiring this morning on the KOM who would be interested in riding Zwift races.

4 times are available and seem to be a good fit as eventual indoor continuations of KOM and TPR

Tuesday-Thursday 6am EST

Tuesday-Thursday 6pm EST

Zwift is pretty cheap and you can run any regular trainer with ‘‘calculated wattage’’ plus these races have A-B-C-D categories much like the ECCC.

I was thinking we can see who of McGill can regularly attend then start a mini team with a Zwift jersey design :slight_smile:
Fun to stay motivated during the winter

Cheers

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How does it work with the times? Do we have to stick with the chosen ones all winter? The evening ones look good, except that in January there’s a good chance they’ll conflict with our Toguri computraining.

Great idea!

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Yeah I suggest we do the morning ones personally, there is not much stopping you from getting straight on the trainer from your bed :slight_smile:

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I’d be down! Maybe if other people are getting ANT+ dongles for this we could get them together and save on shipping or something.

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fair :stuck_out_tongue:

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If some people are concerned about trainer noise, I am sure many people on this forum can suggest silent trainers and mats that kill noise

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currently my powermeter is telling me that tempo is around 3,000 watts, so either I’ll get it adjusted by wintertime, or I’m going to be the star of the team.

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lol power from a speed sensor. just type in that you weight 20kg less and you’ll be riding around the laps like all the Asians at 9-10W/kg.

@Dominique you should defs do zwift at least once with the PM in that state.

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Assuming the sound of your trainer isn’t waking anyone up at 6 am.

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Star of the team? Hell, I’ll hire you to power my apartment.

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Guys:

Highly recommend getting ANT+ dongles from AliExpress. I picked mine up for $10 and it works fine with the couple of devices I’ve tested.

This is the unit I got:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-USB-ANT-Stick-for-Garmin-Forerunner-310XT-405-405CX-410-610-910-011-02209-00/32549835731.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_116_10065_117_10068_114_115_10069_113_10084_10083_10017_10080_10082_10081_10060_10061_10062_10056_10055_10054_10059_10078_10079_10073_10070_421_420_10052_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_6&btsid=1547490f-33f7-4a7a-aa42-e1f18445ee1f

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So preliminary testing of zwift event racing is actually quite positive. It is much more plug and play than I first believed it was.

For sure, if you wake up at 6am to race, it has to be ready to go. First few conclusions:
1.register for event
2.get prompted by zwift to race
3.once you click-through your warm-up file will be saved in strava
4.a new file opens just for the race
5 once you finish the race, name your strava file that it generates the name of the race and class (A-B-C-D) ex. ZTR (A)
6.track results on zwiftpower.com
7.complete your cool-down with yet a third file

Cheers and hope this helps

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thanks Will!

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Anybody using Zwift over the winter!?

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@DDalgas I’m thinking about it…maybe. Also, you should buy some MCT swag ASAP! You can’t rock your white shoes without shiny, fresh kit

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I threw down for a trainer and am onboard. It’s surprisingly addictive, and wayyyy too convenient. :+1:

In theory, between Zwift and Amazon Prime, I could never leave my apartment till spring.

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Anyone game to target some Zwift races in the new year? I’m thinking 1/week, likely on Saturday’s.

  • up Up UP :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:
  • Adaptation occurs during recovery, ya dingus!

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For those seeking clarity on the dingus reference… :thinking:

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Tour de Zwift!

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Missed out on it! Been getting passed by some serious peletons tho haha!

@FelixF @johnnyvenom @cameron_mitchell I see you guys have been active on Zwift! Game to target any races???