The theme for this weekend’s picks is “Out of your comfort zone.” For one event in particular, this is putting it mildly!
Hardness Weekend Race powered by KALAS eSRT
This is the longest event I have ever seen on Zwift. As it says in the Companion app, “First of its kind, be sure to take part in this.”
The distance is 560km, or if that is too much, try a mere 208 km, in France. The details for the different event categories are as follows but you also need to sign up by completing this form.
This is a ride that will certainly take you “out of your comfort zone” and probably well beyond!
Saturday June 12 @ 9am CEST/8am BST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/2036814
Olympic Virtual Series Workout Inspired by Anna van der Breggen
This is Workout #4 of the series, inspired by Dutch cyclist Anna van der Breggen. These group training sessions are intense!
Multiple event times, see zwift.com/olympic-virtual-series
Into the Red by RELENTLESS (No HUD)
Let’s confess. Many of us are slaves to data in Zwift, constantly checking power, heart rate, and any other bit of information that we think will help us put in a good performance. However, this race strips it all away as this is a No Heads Up Display event, which means you will be racing on “feel.”
Personally speaking, I am a ‘slave to data’ so an event like this would certainly take me “out of my comfort zone.” I actually think this would be quite fun and a throwback to the old days before we got obsessed by data. Certainly one to try.
Saturday June 12 @ 12pm CEST/11am BST/6am EST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/2128624
Monday’s Mountain Massif – Sunday Recce
Join me as I lead my first group ride (I will be well “out of my comfort zone”)! But I won’t be alone, with Zwift legend Tim Searle on hand to provide advice and guidance. He joins me as part of our two-part Zwift Insider article highlighting the challenges of leading group rides. I will also be joined by members of the 3R VEveresting Academy as they look to shake off any aches and pains from their previous VEveresting success.
Sunday June 13 @ 10am CEST/9am BST/4am EST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/2123261
The Stampede (ITT) by Herd Racing League
A 41km individual time trial – that is over an hour of pure torture right there!
Sunday June 13 @ 8pm CEST/7pm BST/2pm EST/11am PST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/2130147
Weekend Long Run
Test yourself with a long run! There are various distances, with the longest being 10 miles.
Sunday June 13 @ 2:30pm CEST/1:30pm BST/8:30am EST/5:30am PST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/2130066
Your Thoughts
Got other events that stand out this weekend? Share below in the comments!
Herd Summer Racing League (7 events over Friday-Sunday) is 62km featuring 8 different prime segments. That will hurt too 🙂
I did not see that when pulling this article together, yes that is going to hurt but also sounds really good. I need to connect with the different teams to get a better visibility of the different events people are doing. Possibly an article there about all the teams on Zwift and how they work….. 🤔
More than welcome to reach out on Email / Facebook Messenger 🙂 I run 24 races weekly and obviously do a pretty poor job of publicising them!
Thanks for highlighting Stampede though 🙂
Great James, I’ll drop you a note. I certainly appreciate the work involved in running 1 event, so putting on multiple is a big task and total respect for putting in 24, that is a tall ask. Zwift Community relies on people like yourself working on putting on events for everyone to enjoy, so thank you very much.
Yes, I will ride that one tomorrow. Gonna be fun!
3R HUDless series also kicking off tomorrow could be a good one.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ZwiftRacers/permalink/1454465471565620/
As well as our own regular rhino chase race Sunday with some very closes finishes with A, C and D all come first over the line so far.
http://zwift.com/events/view/2130151
With so many series it would be great if there was some way to see when they all start as it’s easy to miss things unless you trawl facebook regularly.
ISRT 3-6 Hour ITT race on UCI Worlds Harrogate Circuit. This race is held on Saturday 12th June 3PM IST.
Great, this excellent as now other people are highlighting great stuff to try. Thank you
Zwift Run series is also this weekend and (not this weekend but next week) I’d Zwift Run Festival.