With more big events than ever happening in our virtual cycling paradise, it’s easy to miss some really cool rides! Here are 6+ events this weekend that you won’t want to miss.
Special thanks to Jesper at ZwiftHacks with his Events app which provides powerful event filtering tools so we can narrow the weekend list from 400+ events to just a handful.
Monica Does 25 Laps of Volcano Circuit
Join Mrs. Zwift Insider Monica Schlange as she puts in 25 laps of the Volcano Circuit to unlock all the badges and XP! This isn’t an official Zwift event, so you should click here to learn how the ride works. You may also want to click here to learn how the Volcano Circuit multi-lap badges work.
Monica and Eric will begin their ride at 3pm GMT / 11am EDT / 8am PDT. Join any time and ride with us!
Crush Covid
Toronto Hustle and Michael Garron Hospital Foundation are partnering to give Zwifters the opportunity to support health care workers in their mission to CRUSH COVID. They’re hosting a 24-hour Zwift cycling marathon raising funds for Michael Garron Hospital Foundation’s Emergency Response Fund.
Over the course of 24 hours riders from Toronto Hustle are leading rides, every 2 hours, and raising funds to CRUSH COVID. Join one or more rides by signing up for the Zwift event(s). Get all the details at toronto-hustle.com/crush-covid
You can donate here: http://www.crushcovid.ca/
Begins Friday at 10 pm GMT / 6 pm EDT / 3 pm PDT
See all events at zwift.com/events/tag/crushcovid
Bo Bikes Zwift
Two-sport legend and Alabama native Bo Jackson is teaming up with Zwift for Reason to lead a ride and raise funds for the Alabama Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund. Bo’s annual “Bo Bikes Bama” ride is typically held outdoors, but it’s been moved inside this year.
Zwifters who complete the ride will unlock the in-game “Bo Bikes Bama” kit.
Zwift with reason and help spread the word by setting up a fundraising page on zwift.com. Zwift will match funds raised by the community dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000. The top 3 fund raisers will get their hands on some next level goodies from Bo. Visit here to get started: https://www.zwift.com/bobikesbama
Saturday @ 4 pm GMT / 12 pm EDT / 9 am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/469017
Watopia Run Festival: Marathon
This week’s Watopia Run Festival culminates with 4 Marathon events on Sunday. Can you go the distance?
4 different event times on Sunday
See event schedule at zwift.com/events/series/watopia-run-festival/
ZHR Audax 200km
Go long, working with others, at whatever pace you’d like! An Audax is a cycling event in which participants attempt to cycle the distance within a pre-defined time limit. It is a non-competitive sport: success in an event is measured by its completion within the specified time limits, and everyone receives equal recognition regardless of their finishing order. Choose the category that matches your desired pace, then enjoy the camaraderie!
Saturday @ 8:15 am GMT / 4:15 am EDT / 1:15 am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/613922
Group Ride with Pros
So many pros on Zwift these days! Why not take the opportunity to ride with some of your cycling heroes? Here are four pro-led group rides scheduled for the weekend – be sure to click for event details as each event has its own unique pacing, route, etc:
- Mitchelton-SCOTT Social Saturday Group Ride presented by Bike Exchange
- Steven Kruijswijk // Team Jumbo-Visma Social Group Ride // Powered by Jumbo Foodcoach
- Trek Segafredo x Saris Ride with Ellen Van Dijk and Koen De Kort
- GoRigoGo Desert Speed Challenge
Your Thoughts
Got other events that stand out this weekend? Share below in the comments! And if you participate in any of these events, let us know how your ride went.
AJ Baucco group workout 7:25 am EST 3 hr endurance workout with the very best banter on zwift
The cancelled outdoor event “Tour d’Energie”, usually held in Göttingen (Germany) and planned for Sunday, has been replaced by the Zwift event “Paceheads TdE Triple Loops Race (40.8km/544m)” starting 10:00am CEST on Sunday, April 26th.
For the real experience, play ACDC’s “Hells Bells” during the last seconds of the countdown 😉
Do any of the rides with Pros unlock jerseys, anyone know? I haven’t jumped on one, but like the Mitchelton Scott kit and the EF one as well!
Not that I know of. The pro kits are only for the pro riders to keep.
https://zwift.com/events/view/640346
Virtual version of “l’Ariégoise” Grandfondo.
Thanks for these weekly posts, been super helpful
Eric, your GMT is an hour out – we’re 5 hrs ahead of US Eastern time, not 4.
Not according to Google! UK is on BST now, right, which is GMT+1?
Dc rainmaker made a claim on his blog recently that zwift doesn’t take into account bike weight at all. Have any easy experiments you can do to dispute that? I know your position has been the bike weight on climbs is part of what makes heavy riders at a given w/kg faster on climbs.
Where did he say that?
On his latest blog post in a reply to someone. “Yeah, the lack of drafting in Rouvy AR is weird at this point. But, conversely, all platforms have their gaps. Zwift for example, as I’ve been finding out through recent testing, doesn’t actually take into account the bike weight (at all). So that skews things roughly 15lbs or so.”
Well, he’s wrong. 🙂
I guess he plans to share more on it soon.
“There is a difference between the different frames/etc, but none of it is founded in real-life reality. It’s why the other day when I did a test up the Alpe d’Huez in Zwift it was far faster than it should have been for that exact power output using that exact frame, and my exact weight/etc. FulGaz was virtually spot-on.
That’s because at present, Zwift isn’t actually accounting for the correct weight of the bike – it’s way under. Like, comes in about the weight of a laptop. More soon…
(And also explains why many other people have noted how much faster/easier Alpe d’Huez in Zwift felt than in real-life.)”
I really enjoyed the volcano circuit today. 25 laps was tough. To have that many people pulling for each other was cool. I have only been on Zwift about 5 weeks. I had never gotten over 25 Ride-on’s. I got 242 today. Wow!
If there was ever any doubt of ZwiftInsider’s influence on the community, all one would have to do is review how many people attempted the Volcano 25 lapper this past weekend. There was a constant line of riders around the Volcano for almost my entire ride. Amazing! And yes, I got my badge today, too. 🙂
That’s was a fun time! Got my 25 lap badge too. And had to ride an extra 12 miles because everyone voted against me! 🙂
Yesterday I set out to ride London 1/2 PR, after 61 miles nothing, no badge no completion. I call WTH I killed myself and could not believe it. Box Hill at least 4 times, Keith hill, Fox Hill twice, Leith hill twice are you kidding me? I call not fair.