the most obvious zwift need, by far, when i poll slowtwitchers, is an early morning ride for those on the east coast. so...
Name: Slowtwitch Rise & Grind
Day: Thursdays, beginning Nov 1
Time: 5:35am EST
Duration: 55min, ending at 6:30am EST
Type: Group Ride
Categories: ABCD
Theme: Hot, social, up to you, but generally each discrete group stays mostly together.
someone off-handedly wrote to me: "I'd like an east coast rise and grind." i inquired, and no zwift event was named "rise & grind." so i appropriated this name.
why this kind of event? when i polled you all, there was no clear consensus. so, this is the closest thing to a race, a social ride, a hot group training ride. it's what you make of it. we'll employ "doubledraft" on this ride, to make it easier to stick. we'll have sweeps for the C and D ride, so if these groups ride a little too hot we'll have a regroup for those who just don't want to ride that hard.
we have all our ride leaders and sweeps, except for an A-group ride leader. i'm sure we'll have our leader by thursday.
our second most obvious need, based on the response i'm getting, is for an all-women's ride. when i've asked you all what you want, this is #2. based on my understanding of the demographics, the percentage of women who want to lead slowtwitch rides on zwift are about double the percentage of women registered on zwift, so, this is a need. a thing. i'm in a discussion with these women now about what event(s) the want, the type, duration, day of week, time of day, and so on. i'd say within a week or two we'll be announcing this.
then will come an early morning central time event, a weekend event, a second EST event on a different weekday, an event mostly for slowtwitchers who live in europe, another just for those who live in australasia, and so on.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman
Name: Slowtwitch Rise & Grind
Day: Thursdays, beginning Nov 1
Time: 5:35am EST
Duration: 55min, ending at 6:30am EST
Type: Group Ride
Categories: ABCD
Theme: Hot, social, up to you, but generally each discrete group stays mostly together.
someone off-handedly wrote to me: "I'd like an east coast rise and grind." i inquired, and no zwift event was named "rise & grind." so i appropriated this name.
why this kind of event? when i polled you all, there was no clear consensus. so, this is the closest thing to a race, a social ride, a hot group training ride. it's what you make of it. we'll employ "doubledraft" on this ride, to make it easier to stick. we'll have sweeps for the C and D ride, so if these groups ride a little too hot we'll have a regroup for those who just don't want to ride that hard.
we have all our ride leaders and sweeps, except for an A-group ride leader. i'm sure we'll have our leader by thursday.
our second most obvious need, based on the response i'm getting, is for an all-women's ride. when i've asked you all what you want, this is #2. based on my understanding of the demographics, the percentage of women who want to lead slowtwitch rides on zwift are about double the percentage of women registered on zwift, so, this is a need. a thing. i'm in a discussion with these women now about what event(s) the want, the type, duration, day of week, time of day, and so on. i'd say within a week or two we'll be announcing this.
then will come an early morning central time event, a weekend event, a second EST event on a different weekday, an event mostly for slowtwitchers who live in europe, another just for those who live in australasia, and so on.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman