Winter is a great time to put in long miles to build endurance and aerobic performance! We’ve chosen several long rides this weekend, with a mix of banded rides, races, and a “fun race” fondo!
🤝 zFondo Series on Gran Fondo
✅ Bonus XP ✅ Popular ✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Jersey Unlock
This is the third weekend of Zwift’s popular monthly Fondo Series, and its the longest so far this season, on Watopia’s Gran Fondo (97.8km, 1196m). Join others for a big day out!
Read all about the Zwift Fondo Series >
Multiple timeslots this weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zfondos
🤝Charityride Gipfel fur German x Fahrrad DENFELD Radsport
✅ Popular ✅ PRL Full ✅ Banded Ride
What’s that? You still don’t have your PRL Full badge?! Well… this is the easiest possible way to get it. A banded ride on London’s PRL Full, the longest route in Zwift (173.km, 2625m)! (Since it’s banded, you’ll stay with the group as long as you keep pedaling. Push the pace on the front, or hang with the chillers in the back. It’s up to you.)
This is a charity ride for a man named German – read his story.
Saturday, November 29 @ 9am UTC/4am EST/1am PST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5203740
🥇VirtuSlo 4Endurance League 2025
✅ Popular ✅ Stage Race ✅ Mass Start
VirtuSlo’s popular 4Endurance League is on stage 4 this weekend with a race on Makuri Islands’ Shisa Shakedown (53.5km, 555m). While many riders are racing every stage to complete for the GC, you can race individual stages as a one-off if you’d like.
Sunday, November 9 in two different timeslots
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/virtuslo
🤝 Beth’s Banded Badge Hunt
✅ Banded Ride ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Endurance Challenge
Beth’s Badge Hunt is a series of monthly rides taking on big Zwift routes. Led by Wobble Cycling Club’s Beth Phillips, these are banded rides, so everyone can ride at whatever effort level they’d like.
This weekend’s ride is on New York’s new Fuhgeddaboudit, the longest NYC course available (79km, 838m).
Saturday, November 29 @ 7am UTC/3am ET/12am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5217679
🥇 Zwift Epic Race – Double Parked
✅ Long Race ✅ Unique Event
Zwift’s Epic Race series tackles challenging race routes each week, and this weekend’s races are on two laps of New York’s Double Parked for a total race length of 84.4km with 659m of climbing.
These races are categorized using Zwift Racing Score, but all racers begin together, so you can try to hold onto stronger riders as long as possible. Good luck!
Multiple times Saturday and Sunday
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zwiftepic
How We Make Our Picks
We choose each weekend’s Notable Events based on a variety of factors including:
- Is the event unique/innovative in some way?
- Are celebrities (pro riders, etc) attending/leading?
- Are signup counts already high, meaning the event is extra-popular?
- Does the ride include desirable unlocks or prizes?
- Does the event appeal to ladies on Zwift? (We like to support this under-represented group!)
- Is it for a good cause?
- Is it just plain crazy (extra long races, world record attempts, etc)?
- Is it a long-running, popular weekly event with a dedicated leader who deserves a shout out?
In the end, we want to call attention to events that are extra-special and therefore extra-appealing to Zwifters. If you think your event qualifies, comment below with a link/details and we may just include it in an upcoming post!
