Zwift is spinning up a series of “Z Badge Hunt” events where Zwifters can ride together and earn some of the more challenging route badges.
We’ll publish a complete post about that series soon, but here’s what we’re stoked about right now: Zwift Insider is hosting some of the events, and the first one is this Saturday on London’s PRL Full route!
The event takes place on Saturday, December 11th, at 7am PST/10am EST/3pm GMT.
About the Route
The PRL Full route was released with the original London map, and the intent was to mimic the length (but not the actual roads) of the IRL Prudential Ride London event.
In contrast to Zwift’s typically complex long routes, The PRL Full is quite simple: it’s just 11 laps of the London Loop, followed by a bit more riding to get you onto The Mall where you finish at the Classique forward sprint:
The big feature of the London Loop is Box Hill – 3km/1.9 miles long with 136m (446′) of elevation gain for an average gradient of 4.4%. It’s not a particularly long or steep climb, but 11x up any climb is a challenge!
Read Monica’s story of finishing the PRL Full in her Route Hero challenge >
Read more about The PRL Full >
Category Details
There are just two categories for this event: an open category, and one for ladies only.
More Ride Specifics
- Show up on time, because there is no late join for this ride. Why? Because if you late joined more than a minute or so into the event, you wouldn’t unlock the route badge! And we don’t want that on our conscience.
- This will be a double draft ride, so sit in with others on the flats in order to conserve your energy.
- Steering is enabled, to make it more engaging and fun!
- We’re serving up a custom mix of only useful powerups, evenly split between the Feather, Van, and Helmet. Use them for a bit of relief.
- This is not a race – it’s a group ride. You can treat it as a race if you’d like, of course, but the ride will break up naturally into pace groups. Find riders working at your target pace and work together.
- Based on the VeloViewer Leaderboard we can see that top riders crush The PRL Full in 4.5 hours. But most mortals require 5.5-7 hours, with plenty taking even longer. You do you. Be sure to plan accordingly.
Discord
Zwift Insider’s Discord server will be used for voice chat during the ride. This really helps pass the time, so we highly encourage it!
Click here to join the server, and read “Using Discord on Zwift” for details if you’re new to Discord.
Invite link: discord.gg/zwiftinsider
Pro tip: enable push to talk or decent noise cancellation, so everyone only hears you when you want to be heard.
Sign Up Now
You can sign up for the event in Zwift’s Companion app, or online at zwift.com/events/tag/zbadgehunt/view/2505097.
Additional Ride Times
If this ride’s start time doesn’t fit your schedule, there are additional (not Zwift Insider-hosted) Z Badge Hunt PRL Full events happening this weekend at these times:
- Saturday 6am GMT
- Saturday 4am PST/7am EST/12pm GMT
- Saturday 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm GMT
- Saturday 4pm PST/7pm EST
- Saturday 7pm PST
Questions or Comments?
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