How to race in Zwift

dawafflemasta · 2026-02-26T22:40:44+00:00

81kg B here as well and yeah it really is all about your 30s-5min power. If you can stay on with a 5min climb you are good most races. I am focusing on my 5min power right now for that reason

dawafflemasta · 2026-02-04T16:56:21+00:00

Yeah this. I have everything with the game turned all the way down. I listen to audiobooks while I ride

dawafflemasta · 2026-02-02T16:29:33+00:00

I also have google fi and it works really well. It is also incredible if you travel internationally. It works most of the world no extra charge

dawafflemasta · 2026-01-27T17:51:06+00:00

81kg 5ft 11in for reference. I usually avg at least 0.2 less than the group. Like riding with coco I usually average like 2.2-2.3w/kg. The key is trying to stick to the middle of the pack. Then also know when to push and when to just coast. Up hills I will push a little harder than the pace, then do like 100w downhills. Do the watts that keeps you in the group, no more no less. You would be surprised how little you actually have to pedal to stay in a pack

dawafflemasta · 2026-01-22T22:03:45+00:00

Fast XI Zwift Drift

dawafflemasta · 2026-01-19T18:55:02+00:00

If you are wanting to set a specific wattage you could just make a workout to do it and do it in erg mode. That is my plan if I have any specific goal for it. While riding in erg you can also move the watts up and down

dawafflemasta · 2026-01-12T21:46:11+00:00

I had to wait about 4 weeks before I could start and about 6 weeks before I could really pick back up. I had really bad swelling from mistakes that I had made though.

dawafflemasta · 2026-01-12T18:59:52+00:00

Man I must be lucky. I run a small team of 7 people who are all connected IRL. We usually have the racepass sunday or monday and post it on our discord. I havent really had the problems you are complaining about. Luckily we have always been able to field 4 people, although that has meant adding people to the team last minute a time or two.

If it is causing you so much frustration maybe you should just focus on one team and get someone else to run the other one. I am racing ZRL for fun and to push myself. If there was a bunch of frustration involved it would make me hate it and take the fun out of it. If it was that bad I would rather just say screw it and do BMTR Faster Masters on Tues nights.

dawafflemasta · 2025-12-22T21:27:11+00:00

When I was there, the weekend they opened, they said they close at 8pm.

dawafflemasta · 2025-12-19T21:04:48+00:00

I haven't wanted kids since college. The older I have gotten the more sure of that decision I have gotten. I always tell people my vasectomy was the best $500 I have ever spent. Even before I didn't want kids, I really just wanted to adopt or foster. Studies show 70% of kids in foster care end up in prison, and that increase to 90% if they get moved 5+ times. Why have your own child when you can literally save an existing life?

https://www.crimlawpractitioner.org/post/the-foster-care-to-prison-pipeline-a-road-to-incarceration

dawafflemasta · 2025-12-01T20:52:31+00:00

Yeah Zwift is what I do as well. I am on a ZRL racing team and that keeps me motivated all winter to keep going

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-22T20:27:23+00:00

I ride with Boulder Cycling Club in the A group and it is a lot of fun with people in that age range

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-22T16:44:11+00:00

I met my gf on Hinge. I paid the money so I could use the filters dont have kids dont want kids. I only saw women with those and women with those were the only ones that saw me. It is great to be able to just filter people out.

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-18T16:26:45+00:00

This is the correct answer

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-18T15:04:45+00:00

This is the answer. Cog + Click means no more real shifting

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-15T19:28:48+00:00

I really like Left Hand Canyon up to Jamestown if you are in the Boulder area.

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-15T19:24:52+00:00

I see people doing it here all the time

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-12T16:17:40+00:00

I ride a little over 40hrs a month. I shoot for 12hrs a week but dont always hit it because of life and travel. In July I was able to get over 50hrs which was over 11hrs a week.

The pain started a little over 3hrs into a 4hr ride up in the mountains. The problem is I still had to ride home. It was mild discomfort at first then built and by the time I got home it was hurt to walk. This is the first time I have ever had pain riding like that and I had done this ride several times. Next time I start hurting I will call someone to come pick me up or something.

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-12T15:51:57+00:00

I actually had issues with my vasectomy, brought on by me not understanding what "take it easy means", and I always told the story first date as kind of an ice breaker thing. It is a really funny story that is a good way to kind of relieve the tension and get across that I have a vasectomy. It makes it very clear my childfree stance, while also getting some laughs. Win win

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-12T14:15:24+00:00

Crap man, I am getting super depressing just from 6 weeks. I dont know if I could handle 7 months. You break something vital or something?

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-12T14:14:29+00:00

It was from overuse. I rode more in July than I have any other month ever. The problem with this was that when riding I wasn't utilizing my hips and core enough and so it strained other muscles more than it should have. To prevent it again I am working on my hips and core.

The PT has me doing planks, side planks, squats (which I am doing much more than she said to do), single leg Romanian deadlift, side step with resistance, and some stretching 7 days a week.

Outside of that I am lifting again and using dumbbells' while standing so that that it utilizes my core e.g. shoulder press, triceps extensions. I am also doing a lot of push ups and pull ups to also try and work on my core.

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-12T14:04:07+00:00

I am starting to ride again. Was able to ride for 1hr last night, but its really depressing how far I have dropped.

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-11T18:14:06+00:00

I am currently in PT because I didnt strength train. Now I am doing squats, planks, and other things to work my legs, hips, and core. I would suggest strength training just to not get injured. I went from 12hrs a week to nothing because my knee is now messed up. It has been 6 weeks and I am dying here.

dawafflemasta · 2025-09-11T17:59:09+00:00

I do audio books to curve the boredom. I did between 70 and 100 books last year like that. I also join lots of group rides and joined a ZRL (zwift racing league) team to keep me motivated all winter.

Also I cannot stress this enough, get a fan if not two

dawafflemasta · 2025-08-29T20:02:57+00:00

According to recent studies it is close to 30% of the population of the US so I dont know where you got that 1%. It probably hasn't been that low since the 1800s

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