David Yang said:

@Jules when you get a chance, can you check zwiftpower.com member approvals?

Done! Thanks for the nudge.

I'm not getting much faster here in the Big Smoke, but I've been able to ride consistently, which is always a start. Also this happened today

What whaaaaaat

David Yang said:

What whaaaaaat

That's what I thought. He vanished shortly thereafter.

David Yang said:

Tuesday Dec 1st, 7:47 PM: Team Time Trial week - We need 4 riders to get points. Fastest Team gets 20 points, 2nd gets 19, 3rd gets 18, etc.

* KCC is 2 points behind the team immediately ahead of us in the series.
** KCC is 1 point above the team immediate behind us in the series





Joining Zwiftpower:

1. Sign up for https://zwiftpower.com
2. Connect your Zwift account to Zwiftpower - Follow these instructions from Zwift themselves.
3. Join the KCC team on Zwiftpower https://zwiftpower.com/team.php?id=12471
4. Append your Zwiftpower name with "(Kissena Cycling Club)" - e.g. "David Yang (Kissena Cycling Club)"

Race details, how to register and how get counted for points on Zwiftpower:

• We need at least 4 riders but no more than 6
• KCC's out of pen start delay is 2.5 minutes according to email below - I'll be posting a Zoom call in night of the race on this thread.
• Sign up here: https://www.zwift.com/events/view/1289257?eventSecret=f78e82cf3bf2b0bcef20
• Course preview - Use your fastest aero frame and wheelset - this is a very flat TT course.
• Make sure you've connected Zwift to Zwiftpower and join the KCC team
• Make sure you add this to your Zwiftpower name *including* parenthesis: (Kissena Cycling Club)

FYI

• Kissena is part of WTRL ZRL "Men's AMERICAS East Divison 3B"
• We have 30 points total so far. We are 2 points below team "Why we do this" - LET'S BEAT THEM.
• Race results - Kissena is Men's AMERICAS East Division 3B 
• WTRL ZRL Facebook Group 

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Welcome to Week 8 of the Zwift Racing League! This week we head to the tropical World of Watopia for 1 lap of Watopia's Waistband. Essentially one lap of the main Watopian island starting in the pan fuego flats desert before heading out across the keys to the volcanic island. Then we breeze through Downtown Watopia and head back out to the desert for the sprint finish! As captain of Kissena Cycling Club please ensure you distribute the link below to your racers in the team. Your team should be at least 4 and no more than 6 riders for Community Divisions. Racers must sign in to the designated pen in the specified event. Failure to do will result in no result or team points. All racers must carry their team tags in their ZWIFTPOWER name. We do not need their Zwift name updating. Team Managers and camera cars should sign in to the E pen (community) or the B pen (Premier Division) RACER SIGN ON INFO:   TEAM NAME: Kissena Cycling Club TEAM TAG: (include brackets/parenthesis) (Kissena Cycling Club) EVERY team member MUST add the following tag exactly as shown to their ZwiftPower name. It MUST use round brackets/parenthesis. More details below.     PEN: B Start Delay: 2.5 minutes Racer Sign-on Link: Note: Premier Division Racers are pre-assigned by Zwift https://www.zwift.com/events/view/1289257?eventSecret=f78e82cf3bf2b0bcef20 Managers and Captains can also see this link in the My Registered Teams Area but be careful not to provide the links to the wrong team as they may end up in the wrong event or pen.

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WTRL Team Time Trial #87 WTRL is teaming up with WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF and 3R on December 17th to raise US$50,000 to purchase 350 Buffalo Bikes. Click the image for more information

REMEMBER - NO RIDER ZRL TEAM TAG = 0 POINTS

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Bump up the jams, any takers?

Doin it

Time to sweat out the Miller Lite

Need one more TTT rider to get those sweet points and retain KCC's coveted 12th place! 

Sorry guys, I'm solo dad here so I'm going to be out of commish until I get back home.

Alrighty folks, I'm trying the Google Meets route tonight:

https://meet.google.com/miy-jxmp-ood

Call starts whenever, but I'll be joining 7:30ish.

Shit guys, I'm sorry got sidetracked with work and family stuff tonight and won't be able to make it tonight, hoping I don't screw us out of the points.

Nathaniel Picard Busky said:

Shit guys, I'm sorry got sidetracked with work and family stuff tonight and won't be able to make it tonight, hoping I don't screw us out of the points.

Lol see you soon

Good times with @RichFreeman who had done an FTP workout just before the start which, holy sharts man, you cray.

We were a 2 man squad and averaged 3.8w/kg. We overtook the "J-Holes" team who looked like they were giving up because they only had 3 riders and knew they weren't going to gain any points. Not us! We were eventually passed by Slowtwitch (5th place) and MGO (7th place), both were 6 rider squads, but I'm proud to say we held them off for a pretty long time. Rich is an absolute beast. He came out of the gate chasing me to close a 2 second gap (VOIP has a delay it seems). After his HR went down, we started churning out FTP+ watts. At about the halfway point I started "fading" and he took over and started pulling at least 2/3rds of the time. By fading I was still doing FTP or above and he would come around me and push the tempo higher, again, after already going a workout earlier in the evening. I can't wait to race IRL with him.

Here's my Strava ride profile. I realize that my cadence is pretty low, but after all these years of trying to train FTP at 90+ rpm I naturally seem to drift towards 80. C'est la vie.


KCC didn't officially rank because it was just the 2 of us, but going by Zwiftpower course times and WTRL official placings, we would have ranked next to last place at 11th, about 15seconds behind team SLICE who had a 5 man squad. For context, the stage winners, Royal City Cycling, had 6 riders (3 of them avged 300w, 1 of them 336w!) and were 4 minutes or approx. 10% faster than us. As Adam Sandler once sang, "Not too shabby."


There are 2 more stages to close out 2020 - hope some of you can join for one or both!

I was hurting towards the end of this. Although the set up (zwift, zwiftpower, zwtrl integration is a mess) is a headache, it is great fun and will give you a great workout. Thanks to David for getting this set up! 

Next race coming up this Tuesday - details below.

Stage 9 gets underway on Tuesday 8th December for a points based Scratch Race - the last one of season 1! We're in Yorkshire for 2 laps of the punishing Yorkshire-Flats of the Harrogate UCI circuit! The course has plenty of steep climbs and long false flats to keep most entertained (or questioning their own sanity?). Intermediate points will be available on both laps at both the KOM and the Sprint segments (if your legs still work!) as 5,4,3,2,1 with results at www.wtrl.racing As captain of Kissena Cycling Club please ensure you distribute the racer sign on link below to your team. The event can not be accessed without it.  RACER SIGN ON INFO:   TEAM NAME: Kissena Cycling Club TEAM TAG: (Kissena Cycling Club) EVERY team member MUST add the following tag exactly as shown to their ZwiftPower name. It MUST use round brackets/parenthesis. More details below. Date: 2020-12-08 PEN: B Racer Sign-on Link: https://www.zwift.com/events/view/1318446?eventSecret=b2a30bdc62a267ee78b8 www.wtrl.racing Managers and Captains can also see this link in the My Registered Teams Area but be careful not to provide the links to the wrong team as they may end up in the wrong event or pen. Racers must sign in to the designated pen in the specified event. Failure to do will result in no result or team points. All racers must carry their team tags in their ZWIFTPOWER name. We do not need their Zwift name updating.

TEAM CARS / DS /  Camera Cars Team Cars should sign in to the E pen and utilize Fan View on the Zwift Companion App to locate and watch riders. ZWIFTINSIDER HOW-TO Team Cars are not permitted to leave the pen nor are they permitted in pens A to D.

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Heya I may not be able to make it tonight. Will throw up a meet link last minute if I can.

I'll be there flogging myself regardless

Shine on you crazy diamond. I'm out.

Alrighty folks, last race of this season 1 and it is a Team Time Trial.

I may not be able to make it to the race due to family childcare issues, but I'll sign up anyway. TTT needs 4 member team for points, but if there aren't and you all feel like doing a threshold workout, this is about as good as it gets on the flat Fuego Flats course.

Welcome to the final Week of the Zwift Racing League Season 1 - Week 10! 2 Laps of Tick-Tock await your team in the showdown event that will see teams promoted, relegated or ready to continue on into Season 2 of the ZRL (starts January 12th 2020 - more details to follow). this course is not as easy as it looks and guarantees to sap your legs of all energy in the final few kilometers. As captain of Kissena Cycling Club please ensure you distribute the link below to your racers in the team. Your team should be at least 4 and no more than 6 riders for Community Divisions. Racers must sign in to the designated pen in the specified event. Failure to do will result in no result or team points. All racers must carry their team tags in their ZWIFTPOWER name. We do not need their Zwift name updating. Team Managers and camera cars should sign in to the E pen (community) or the B pen (Premier Division) RACER SIGN ON INFO:   TEAM NAME: Kissena Cycling Club TEAM TAG: (include brackets/parenthesis) (Kissena Cycling Club) EVERY team member MUST add the following tag exactly as shown to their ZwiftPower name. It MUST use round brackets/parenthesis. More details below.     PEN: B Start Delay: 2.0 minutes Racer Sign-on Link: Note: Premier Division Racers are pre-assigned by Zwift https://www.zwift.com/events/view/1347873?eventSecret=f78e82cf3bf2b0bcef20 Managers and Captains can also see this link in the My Registered Teams Area but be careful not to provide the links to the wrong team as they may end up in the wrong event or pen.

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WTRL Team Time Trial #87 WTRL is teaming up with WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF and 3R on December 17th to raise US$50,000 to purchase 350 Buffalo Bikes. WE HAVE RAISED ALMOST US$20 WITH A WEEK TO GO! Click HERE for more information

REMEMBER - NO RIDER ZRL TEAM TAG = 0 POINTS

WATOPIAS WAISTBAND - TTT DISTANCE: 36.3km / 22.5miles Elevation: 90 m (288‘) Map: Watopia ZWIFT INSIDER COURSE REVIEW

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Stage 8: AMERICAS EAST - Women & Men with Nathan Guerra & Dave Towle

Stage 8: AMERICAS WEST - Women & Men with Kate Bates and Dave Towle

I can do this. 

Non-Zwift info:

Sweet, JP, have you checked them out? are the videos worth the effort?

eloy said:

Sweet, JP, have you checked them out? are the videos worth the effort?

I got a free video from them ages ago.  It was ok.  

I feel there are lots of different videos out there.  Each production has its own vibe.  And if one is stuck indoors and needs inspiration, a change of pace can be enough.

The only videos I've found myself enjoying are the ones Robbie Ventura headlined a decade or so ago.  I like them because most of the workout scenes you see are outside--and this was well before the current crop of tiny cameras.  

Hey folks, they're registering teams again for WTRL/Zwift Racing Season 2. You all still interested?

@David Yang yessirreee

Yessssss @RobertMullen

Down 4 sure. I muscled out a 17th place in a Zwift crit tonight so I must have some upgrade points by now. 

Alrighty KCC is registered as a team in the same division. Same day/time: Tuesdays at 7:45p

BTW if there are enough people we can register multiple teams under the club - i.e. Team A or Team D in case we have people will more/less fitness. I think most of us roughly fall under the B category.

We are pleased to confirm that Kissena Cycling Club has successfully been registered for Season 2 of Zwift Racing Leagues in partnership with WTRL. Your TRC number is: 2270. Please keep this safe.

Team Kissena Cycling Club League AMERICAS E Division Men / Mixeds B Team Captain David Yang Club Manager David Yang

ZRL Season 2 starts on Tuesday 12th January 2021.

https://www.wtrl.racing/zrl/Zwift-Racing-League.php

https://www.wtrl.racing/assets/images/zrl/ZRL-season2.JPG

I lined up for a Zwift race just now, but when it started, the display looked like a group ride. No leaderboard and we could see people not in the event on the road. That was a waste of a warm up...

Bummer, sounds like they accidentally set it up as a group ride.