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    EventsRacing

    Reminder: Zwift Insider Epic Race on Quatch Quest this weekend!

    Eric Schlange
    By Eric Schlange
    September 7, 2023
    LAST UPDATED September 10, 2023
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    We announced our Epic Series a few weeks ago, and this weekend is the first Epic Race of the series!

    Held on Watopia’s Quatch Quest (46.2km, 1683m of elevation), the race promises to push everyone to their limits. It features three official KQOMs, with each climb much larger than the one before:

    1. Titans Grove KOM Reverse
    2. Epic KOM
    3. Alpe du Zwift

    Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/epicseries >

    Event Change: All Categories Together

    To help ensure all riders have company as they race the long route, we’ve modified the event’s category settings so all categories will start together and be visible to each other.

    Epic Race Rules

    Each Epic Series race event is a standalone event (no series GC) using the following rules:

    • Only Feathers: only feather powerups will be given. Because mountains.
    • Zwift’s category-enforcing pace groups are used. Read more about that here >
    • Heart rate monitors are required.
    • Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required. ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed.

    Sign Up Now

    Ready to go? Sign up at the link below…

    Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/epicseries >

    Questions or Comments?

    Share below!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric runs Zwift Insider in his spare time when he isn't on the bike or managing various business interests. He lives in Northern California with his beautiful wife, two kids and dog. Follow on Strava

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      Paul Preijer
      Paul Preijer
      25 days ago

      Loved the race 2 weeks ago! Unfortunately the weather changed here from 18 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius, so no indoor activity for me this week 😓But really looking forward to continue this series as autumn falls 👍

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      Stevie
      Stevie
      24 days ago

      Has anyone else noticed lately that there are extremely few participants/racers signed up for events lately (eg <10 for most races, even on Saturday)? I know we’re not to the indoor season, but the numbers have come down considerably from previous seasons around this time.

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      Barney
      Barney
      24 days ago
      Reply to  Stevie

      Yes Stevie. Seems to me there are too many races available which has watered down the competition eg Zwift Hill Climbing Club (which I’ved dropped out of after climbing the Alpe on my own). Eric seems to have pitched it right, and the numbers reflect that.

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      Hybrid Noob
      Hybrid Noob
      24 days ago

      Really looking forward to the routes on offer come late October onwards, coinciding with more time to ride indoors too 👍

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      David
      David
      23 days ago

      Is the time after which the ZwiftRacing site ‘cuts’ riders something on the event config end or on the ZwiftRacing side? Our B winner was 1hr 48 (a very commendable 3.7w/kg average given the amount of descending on offer) and I was 2hr 02 and I was outside the cutoff time!

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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      23 days ago
      Reply to  David

      Far as I know there’s nothing we can config on the event side having to do with time cutoffs.

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      Tom
      Tom
      22 days ago

      I had a great ride today, thanks for organizing the series. Out of curiosity, when does category enforcement happen? There were several riders in my category that blasted out of the pens but were not listed in the results. I am thankful that I didn’t try to keep up or I likely would not have completed the ride. I kept seeing the nearby riders listing 41 riders but in the end there were only 15 or so in the results. Very confusing for a novice “racer” ! (But great motivation to have the series and encouragement to do the longer… Read more »

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      Beaker
      Beaker
      22 days ago
      Reply to  Tom

      Tom, I saw something similar in my race. About 30 riders listed but only 9 in the results. I am pretty sure a number that started did not make it to the end. It was a pretty tough finish if you had overdone it early. Getting to the end was a victory for me.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      22 days ago
      Reply to  Tom

      Category Enforcement happens on the front end – you can only sign up for the category you’re in (or a harder category).

      Yeah, on hard/long routes like this you’ll often get people dropping out, especially in the lower categories.

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      Tom
      Tom
      22 days ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      I guess you need to be very self aware, deciding if it’s worth trying to hang on a “too fast” wheel, or riding solo but at a sustainable pace for the route. I’m sure it’s also quite different strategy on an “epic” route compared to a shorter one!

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      Hybrid Noob
      Hybrid Noob
      13 minutes ago

      Loving it! Can we get a similar reminder to boost field sizes for this weekends Epic Pretzel Race round? 🙏

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