However after a few weeks of training sessions and virtual group rides, I did start to see that FTP score rise. I joined those to do my first ever FTP test, which was gross. Luckily Dirty Wknd stepped in to organise a whole bunch of virtual rides, had heaps of advice about getting started with Zwift.īest of all, set up a Discord channel so we could chat to each other while we zoomed around CGI versions of London and Box Hill (which, amazingly, are linked together by a tube tunnel in Zwift).Ĭoach extraordinaire Steve Byrne also set up some Monday evening training sessions for Dirty Wknd members. I was a little apprehensive about cycling outdoors in those early days of lockdown and I was really missing group rides with my Dirty Wknd pals. My turbo trainer sat gathering dust until Lockdown v1.0 (remember that?). Yes, it’s a relatively intense way to spend a weekday evening. I unwrapped my smart turbo trainer on Christmas Day 2019 (talk about ahead of the curve) with plans to do “a bit of winter training on rainy days” and, a year later, I find myself racing my socks off every Tuesday night for DWWRT in the WTRL Zwift Racing Leagues. It’s safe to say that the past year has been full of surprises – and, pandemics aside, one of the biggest has been the inordinate amount of time I have spent on Zwift. Read Marissa's top tips for getting started with Zwift racing. She has kindly agreed to share her journey from Zwift beginner to weekly racer with the Dirty Wknd race team. Marissa Beatty is a club member, ambassador and relatively new Zwift racer.
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