Zwift Insider’s Tiny Races have more signups than any other event this weekend, so we’re featuring them at the top of the list. We also picked Zwift’s Epic Races (the opposite of Tiny Races) and three beginner-friendly but longer group rides.
The choice is yours: build endurance with friends, or push yourself to the limit in a race!
🥇 Tiny Races
✅ Big Cats ✅ V02 Workout ✅ Popular Race
We recently reduced the number of categories in the Tiny Races from 5 to 3, which led to significantly larger fields and even more challenging racing. Are you ready to push to your max in four races within an hour? It’s a legit workout, with a competitive and fun twist.
Saturday in three different timeslots
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces
🤝 HCT Host: Banded Z2 / Base Ride
✅ Banded ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Endurance Challenge
Join the folks at Team HCT for a banded ride on the Zwift Bambino Fondo 2022. The event lasts 120 minutes, providing you with more than enough time to complete the route (53.3km, 398m elevation) with the group.
The beauty of banded rides is that, as long as you keep pedaling, you’ll stay with the group. Go hard or go easy, but you’ll all ride together!
Saturday, August 9 @ 2:15pm UTC/10:15am ET/7:15am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5069700
🤝 Bikealicious Rubberband Joy Ride
✅ Banded ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Endurance Challenge
The friendly Bikealicious crew is leading a “keep together” group ride on France’s Tire-Bouchon route (64.1km, 591m). Grab this challenging route badge if you haven’t done so yet, which comes with 1220 of extra XP!
This is a banded ride, so as long as you keep turning those pedals over, you’ll hang with the group. Ride whatever pace you’d like!
Saturday, August 9 @ 7am UTC/3am ET/12am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5069552
🤝 Vikings Valhalla Sunday Skaal Ride
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Legacy Leaders
We’ve featured this event many times in the past, as it’s always well-attended and well-led at pace that helps everyone stay together. Experienced leaders and sweepers do their best to keep the groups together so everyone can work together to knock out a long ride!
This week’s ride is led at a D pace of 1.7-2.2 W/kg pace. You’ll be riding 8 laps of London’s Greater London Flat for a total length of 99.1km and 470 meters of climbing.
Sunday, August 10 @ 7:05am UTC/3:05am ET/12:05am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5070424
🥇 Zwift Epic Race – Eastern Eight
✅ Long Race ✅ Unique Event
Zwift’s Epic Race series tackles challenging race routes each week, and this weekend’s races are on Eastern Eight, a former Rebel Route. This course is 54km long, with 412m of elevation as you go over the Titans Grove KOM in both directions.
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!
