Tiny Race Series – September 9 Routes and Last Week’s Results

The Tiny Races happen every Saturday, and they’re all about getting a hard, fun effort done in 1 hour. You’re meant to race all 4 races back-to-back, with each lasting just 5-10 minutes, giving you a short break in between.

David Hivey (ART) from the UK took top honors in the zone 1 C group this week. When we chatted afterward, he said, “That was bloody horrible. Great/Terrible idea to do the same course that just got longer. Had to really think about not going flat out in the early races, or the last one would just be too much.” See his video below, complete with Sauce for Zwift overlays:

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This Week’s Routes: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back

Our races this week feature two pairs of routes. Each pair is raced 2 laps in one direction, then 1 lap in the reverse direction. The roads will feel familiar, yet entirely different. Good luck!

• Race 1: LaGuardia Loop (2 laps, 7.2km)
  Kick it off with a quick lead-in plus 2 hot laps in Central Park! With the lead-in kicker this is a difficult finish to get right. Good luck!
  • Powerup: Aero Boost (3x)
• Race 2: LaGuardia Loop Reverse (1 lap, 5.3km)
  Let’s try that again, but in reverse. Just a lead-in plus one lap, but that final sprint always feels so looooong!
  • Powerup: Aero Boost (2x)
• Race 3: Duchy Estate (2 laps, 7.7km)
  We head across the pond to a punchy little loop with a short climb just before the lap banner. This means you’ll hit the climb 3x. It’s gonna sting!
  • Powerup: Feather (2x)
• Race 4: Queen’s Highway (1 lap, 5.8km)
  Finishing on single lap of the “reverse Duchy”, this route has a drawn-out final sprint that’s slightly uphill. This one is all about timing: modulating your power to efficiently maintain momentum on the short climbs, activating your powerup for maximum effectiveness… and where should you start your final sprint?
  • Powerup: Feather (1x)

Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces

ZwiftPower Results

Zwift displays preliminary race results in game when you cross the line, but points are computed after all four races are finished, with final results on ZwiftPower. (We have to do some data processing on our side to compute results, so if your rankings don’t show up right away, be patient.)

Riders will earn points based on finish position in each of the 4 Tiny Races. The category winner of each week’s series is the rider with the most points across their timezone’s 4 races. Here are the links for each timezone’s results on ZwiftPower:

• Zone 1 (9am GMT/5am EDT/2am PDT)
• Zone 2 (3pm GMT/11am EST/8am PDT)
• Zone 3 (9pm GMT/5pm EDT/2pm PDT/Sunday 7am AEST)

Rules

Tiny Race rules are simple, but still every week 6-8% of registered ZwiftPower racers get disqualified and removed from the final results. Don’t let that be you! Four races, four rules:

• You must have a ZwiftPower account, because final results are processed by ZwiftPower (learn how to sign up)
• No skipping then returning. These races are meant to be raced as a set of 4. If you need to leave early, that’s fine… but once you miss a race in your hour’s set of 4, don’t come back and race another or you’ll be disqualified from that race since you rested while others were racing! (Example: racing only races 1 and 2 is fine. Racing 1, 2, and 4 is not – you will be DQ from race 4. And if you race 2, 3, and 4, you’ll be DQ from all those races, since you skipped race 1!)
• Heart rate monitors are required.
• Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required. ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed.

Join a Chat & Chill Cooldown

Immediately following each hour’s racing, we’ve scheduled 30-minute “Chat & Chill” events where riders from all categories can spin their legs together and chat about how it all went down. Find them at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces.

Zwift Insider Kit Unlock

Finish any Tiny Race or a Chat & Chill ride and unlock the Zwift Insider “Ride Smarter // Ride Harder” in-game kit.

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