Just saw this posted on twitter and thought this group might get a kick out of it. Apparently a forward thinker in the 1890’s envisioned Zwift-like virtual training:

boof!

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"Good genes are not a requirement, just the obsession to beat ones brains out daily"...the Griz

Is it possible to ride that workout? Without creating the custom workout on my zwift?

I should make a download page for all the ZWO files. In the meantime, you can download here: https://drive.google.com/...jvPJDBFZMcFzVtqkPhHy

Just stick it in Documents/Zwift/Workouts

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"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via." - Seneca | rappstar.com | FB - Rappstar Racing | IG - @jordanrapp

Thank you Jordan.

I just found a page that helped me create some workouts, graphical editors are slower than cut-and-paste.

https://zwiftinsider.com/manually-editing-zwift-workouts/

What's/Who's on tap for tonight's ride?

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"Good genes are not a requirement, just the obsession to beat ones brains out daily"...the Griz

In, for my 1st 2-a-day where p.m. cycling follows a.m. swimming. Should be interesting.

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To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.

Our very own Herbert Krabel!

Slowtwitch Indoors: Herbert Krabel's Progressive Ramps

DESCRIPTION
ABOUT SLOWTWITCH INDOORS

Every Tuesday at 4pm PST, Slowtwitch.com will bring you a triathlon-focused workout designed and led by a guest 'coach.' We will include sessions from pro athletes and coaches, as well as the Slowman himself, Dan Empfield.

For this edition, the workout will be led by Herbert Krabel, who served for many year's as Slowtwitch's Editor-In-Chief and who still writes as an At-Large Reporter. Herbert was a professional mountain biker before serving a long tenure at American Bicycle Group. He has been an avid triathlete as well but his current passion is Swim-Run events and he is the founder of Swim-Run North Carolina. Herbert resides in Winston-Salem with his wife and twin boys.

The workouts are about 60 minutes long and designed to add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule over the Winter.

ABOUT THIS WORKOUT

This workout consists of three rounds of three progressively challenging ramps. The ramps get harder each time and each round the ramps also get shorter and harder.

For more workout information, check out: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...es_on_Zwift_P6533129

ABOUT GROUP WORKOUTS

Zwifters line up in the starting area just like a normal event and once the event starts, workout mode begins. Everyone stays together regardless of power output. That's right, if you're outputting 100W and another Zwifter is outputting 400W you will stay in exactly the same position relative to each other. Only if you stop pedaling and fall 6 meters behind the group will the rubber-banding stop.

HELPFUL HINT

We highly recommend doing one of the FTP tests as the estimated FTP can be inaccurate and make the difficulty level of the workouts too high for your current fitness level.

For more info on FTP go to: https://support.zwift.com/...-is-it-used-in-Zwift

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"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via." - Seneca | rappstar.com | FB - Rappstar Racing | IG - @jordanrapp

Thanks for the kind intro. I cant wait

Herbert brings the pain.....that was an awesome set. My legs were jelly afterwards.

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"Good genes are not a requirement, just the obsession to beat ones brains out daily"...the Griz

Must ride without Erg mode next time, I was spinning like never before :-)

Slowtwitch Indoors: Tri-Roubaix

ABOUT SLOWTWITCH INDOORS

Every Tuesday at 4pm PST, Slowtwitch.com will bring you a triathlon-focused workout designed and led by a guest 'coach.' We will include sessions from pro athletes and coaches, as well as the Slowman himself, Dan Empfield.

The workouts are about 60 minutes long and designed to add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule over the Winter.

ABOUT THIS WORKOUT

A triathlon take on the Mat Hayman Paris-Roubaix Special. Triathletes don't need to be ready to surge quite as much as a pure bike racer, but it is still a great tool to have in your physiological array.

For more workout information, check out: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...es_on_Zwift_P6533129

ABOUT GROUP WORKOUTS

Zwifters line up in the starting area just like a normal event and once the event starts, workout mode begins. Everyone stays together regardless of power output. That's right, if you're outputting 100W and another Zwifter is outputting 400W you will stay in exactly the same position relative to each other. Only if you stop pedaling and fall 6 meters behind the group will the rubber-banding stop.

HELPFUL HINT

We highly recommend doing one of the FTP tests as the estimated FTP can be inaccurate and make the difficulty level of the workouts too high for your current fitness level.

For more info on FTP go to: https://support.zwift.com/...-is-it-used-in-Zwift

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"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via." - Seneca | rappstar.com | FB - Rappstar Racing | IG - @jordanrapp

Mar 20: Penticon Condensed

ABOUT THIS WORKOUT

This week, we take on one of the classic IRONMAN courses - in condensed form. A workout designed around the classic IRONMAN Canada course in Penticton, BC. Start out with the short and punchy McLean Creek Rd climb, go up and over the lengthy and challenging Richter Pass, hit the rollers, and finish off ascending to Yellow Lake. It's 180km/112mi packed into a single hour of awesome!

ABOUT SLOWTWITCH INDOORS

Every Tuesday at 4pm PST, Slowtwitch.com will bring you a triathlon-focused workout designed and led by a guest 'coach.' We will include sessions from pro athletes and coaches, as well as the Slowman himself, Dan Empfield.

The workouts are about 60 minutes long and designed to add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule over the Winter.

For more workout information, check out: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...es_on_Zwift_P6533129

ABOUT GROUP WORKOUTS

Zwifters line up in the starting area just like a normal event and once the event starts, workout mode begins. Everyone stays together regardless of power output. That's right, if you're outputting 100W and another Zwifter is outputting 400W you will stay in exactly the same position relative to each other. Only if you stop pedaling and fall 6 meters behind the group will the rubber-banding stop.

HELPFUL HINT

We highly recommend doing one of the FTP tests as the estimated FTP can be inaccurate and make the difficulty level of the workouts too high for your current fitness level.

For more info on FTP go to: https://support.zwift.com/...-is-it-used-in-Zwift

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"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via." - Seneca | rappstar.com | FB - Rappstar Racing | IG - @jordanrapp

That was a great session today!

A couple of us were doing it side by side in my Garage of Pain. We were curious the method Zwift uses to rank the riders in a group workout like this - I was almost always near the front and he was near the back. Random, or is there something else going on?

Ian

I think this is a great question. I was doing well, hitting my power numbers and slightly above and was like 77th out of 86. But I also joined 8 min late so pondered if that led to my positioning. On ither occassions when I joined early I was 19th or so.

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To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.

It's roughly based on pure w/kg for ordering. But it will be influenced by some random factors. And yes, late join will have somewhat of an impact. If you are really strong, you'll always find your way close to the front. But there's some amount of randomness to the shuffling based on the way the rubberbanding algorithm works.

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"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via." - Seneca | rappstar.com | FB - Rappstar Racing | IG - @jordanrapp

Makes sense, thanks. My w/kg is higher than that of my friend (at the same relative intensity), so that explains what we were seeing.

Ian

What's on for tonight's get together?

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"Good genes are not a requirement, just the obsession to beat ones brains out daily"...the Griz

Did you end up riding it? That one stung a little (okay, a lot).

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VDOT O2 Run Coaching
Team INFINIT Discount Code: RowanJones

Sorry for the slow reply. We had a big all-company meeting and I forgot to post the workout.

I have done that workout myself numerous times, so trust me, I know what I put you through.

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"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via." - Seneca | rappstar.com | FB - Rappstar Racing | IG - @jordanrapp

That one was worth the price of admission.

I think I would have bailed after about the 8th interval if I was by myself. The virtual accountability factor was strong last night.

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"Good genes are not a requirement, just the obsession to beat ones brains out daily"...the Griz

It was a good one!

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VDOT O2 Run Coaching
Team INFINIT Discount Code: RowanJones

Bump! Have anymore of these workouts been made available for download?

Thanks.

I'll make a folder now and put up links.

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"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via." - Seneca | rappstar.com | FB - Rappstar Racing | IG - @jordanrapp

All workouts to date: http://slowtwitch.com/...owtwitch_Indoors.zip

Individual workouts:
5x5min 70.3/IM over-under - http://slowtwitch.com/...oors__5x5min_703.zwo
8x3min progressive 70.3 big gear - http://slowtwitch.com/...s__8x3min_BG_703.zwo
8x4min SST with 2min - http://slowtwitch.com/...8x4min_with_2min.zwo
Herbert's ramps - http://slowtwitch.com/...ors__Herbert_s_R.zwo
Happy Birthday Jesse Thomas - http://slowtwitch.com/...ors__Jesse_Thoma.zwo
Linsey Corbin's SST - http://slowtwitch.com/...insey_Corbin_SST.zwo
Matt Lieto's Over-The-Top Gravel - http://slowtwitch.com/...Lieto_Overthetop.zwo
Penticton Condensed - http://slowtwitch.com/...ors__Penticton_C.zwo
Sub-Threshold - Vo2 (most recent) - http://slowtwitch.com/...ub_threshold_Vo2.zwo
The Slowman Cometh - http://slowtwitch.com/...ors__The_Slowman.zwo
Tri-Roubaix - http://slowtwitch.com/...ors__Tri_Roubaix.zwo

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"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via." - Seneca | rappstar.com | FB - Rappstar Racing | IG - @jordanrapp