This week Zwift rolled out a fresh set of ZRacing events, named “ZRacing Sprint Races”. Separate from the main ZRacing Series races which are 25-35 minutes in length, these sprint races are only 10-15 minutes long.
Unlike the main ZRacing Series, there is no monthly GC for the Sprint races. These are simply fun, one-off scratch races. James Bailey at ZHQ says these events are “Aimed at people who are strapped for time and want to get in a quick warm-up, race, and cooldown.”
November’s slate of events is a test to gauge interest.
Route Schedule
Races are scheduled multiple times on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (UTC). (That means, depending on your timezone, you may actually have races available every day, Sunday-Friday.) Here’s the schedule of routes for November’s test run:
- Oct 30-Nov 4: Volcano Circuit CCW (1 lap, 9km)
- Nov 6-11: LaGuardia Loop Reverse (1 lap, 5.3km)
- Nov 13-18: Rooftop Rendezvous (1 lap, 6.7km)
- Nov 20-25: Innsbruckring (1 lap, 9km)
See upcoming ZRacing Sprint races at zwift.com/events/tag/zracingsprint >
Questions or Comments
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These short, intense races seem really familiar but I can’t quite put my finger on it!
You mean you’ve seen races this tiny elsewhere? I have no clue what you mean.
It’s hard to put your finger on something when it’s so Tiny!
Eric, you should do something like this but make it a series! You can call them Little Races or something!
Maybe something like the “Minuscule Meets League” 😂
I wonder if they’ve considered having a few of them, all condensed within a short period of time? Sounds crazy, but it could work.
You’d have to be daft to do such shenanigans
It might work, If just someone could try this out!
Nice, I can can get my breath back and my heart rate down 😀
Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any good times in Eastern Australia. 5:20am and 9:20pm are the closest to the peak times. If only someone would put on some similar short races at a more convenient time, say 7:30pm on a Saturday. Perhaps string 4 of them together. They could call them the Short Sprint Series or something like that. I reckon they’d be on a winner.