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I do that. I'll do a TR workout but join an event.
So Alex Dowsett's TT training I wanted to see what it was all about. I'm smashing it when everyone is in rest intervals and then crawling when everyone is doing their efforts. Same as the races - just ride the intervals but watch the chat and if looking at my little rider guy in a bunch make the interval go by a little quicker, so be it. If it annoys people, bonus :)
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How long a race is that though - is that so unrealistic?
300w is not an out there FTP and for a 70ish kilo rider that just means riding at threshold. Obviously if the race was really long it starts to seem unrealistic but doesn't seem immediately mad to me.
Whether riding at a consistent wattage is a good strategy / playing ball for the race, is another matter
i don't get involved in zwift racing very often, each time i dip back in it gets more ridiculous, last time was pre lockdown and in a b race and a guy put out a perfect 4w per kg for the whole race, presumably had it set on erg mode but i don't understand the point...? (he didn't win as all you had to do was sit on his wheel all the way round and roll him in the last 100m so that cant have been a strategy designed to win!) but see friends whinging about cheaters all the time...
group rides or rides with mates keep the turbo entertaining, my club have been trying discord and zoom to make it more social during lock down.... i even took a slice of cake and some coffee for half way round last week...
like most of life, its not that fun if you take it too seriously, if you can enjoy it for what it is it can be use useful experience!