I don't think I'm even getting 4 hours a week some weeks. Hopefully thay changes once I move house. Would be good to do the zwift series but can't guarantee I'd get on for them all.
Planning on focusing training towards time trials as that may be all the racing we can get next year. 323w for 25 minutes earlier on zwift.
Ahh, but of my 6h, 3-4h of that is commuting! I'm generally only getting 2 sub 1hr sessions in a week. Some weeks I'll do a 3 hour ride outside, other weekends (like one just gone) I skip it and intend to do something on Zwift... Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't! A year ago I was doing far more weekend 2-3 hour sessions on Zwift, but I wasn't riding/racing twice in the week...
Most of the Zwift series' you can dip in and out, think most you have to ride say 8 of the 10 rides for a GC place, or top 8 results kinda thing. Although that differs between them all as there's so many. The most recent 3R Sundown series didn't have an individual GC, only a Team one with only the results of the top 4/6 riders for each team contributing to points.
The TTT you would absolutely love, I'd happily recruit you into 3R if you wanted to really push yourself and your training (same goes for anyone really!). We field 8-10 teams across all time zones and CATs so are probably one of the larger (this week have 62 riders already signed up), but that does make it very easy to get matched to a team of similar/better ability in the popular time slots rather than having an easy ride when you've got a slow rider or two along... We fielded 10 teams last week (2x PL (A A+, A B), 6x (A B), 2x (C)). Our signup sheet shows we have a pool of 324 riders, which is an insane number! 63 signed up for Thursday already!)
Some Teams are quite serious, having 'training rides' a couple of times a week (on course as a team), most less so. The group I ride with (Fall Out Boy), generally are one of the most mixed of groups with a changing line-up week to week, only coming together in the TTT. Our group was generally setup for those who where 'not quite' at the front of B with mostly C riders, but recently has been mixed B's with a couple of A's returning to riding/new to A/new to TT'ing. There's really very few C and D riders around this year in 3R (although we still field a team or two), just so many riders riding more and more due to enjoyment/well organised/lockdown that everyone's progressed up to B (even me!).
Thanks for the detailed response Roady, apologies for the delayed reply.
How are you getting on with your Kickr Core? I think I will get a mat, perhaps not the Wahoo one if I'm already spending £700 on the turbo though! Do you use or feel the need for a wheel block with your setup? I've read mixed opinions... I'm very much an endurance bike type of rider rather than a flat-backed full on racer, i transitioned to road cycling from mountain biking and my back is knackered currently so I'm thinking the more uplift at the front the better!
Ahh you misunderstood, I don't have a Core, currently on a V1 Flux which is going well (Just serviced it myself, changed tension arm and belt!). When/if I get any issue I think the only trainer I would change it for is a Core. The Neo although would be my primary choice, I couldn't really justify that expense on a trainer (currently!).
I used to use a riser block with mine but removed it a couple of years ago to eliminate noises when sprinting (and my kid was asleep!). I've never reinstated it and don't miss it. Only time I might is if I was doing more specific hill racing/efforts to train for something hilly. Last time I tweaked my position I actually slammed it a little more than my road position as I do find myself sitting more upright on the turbo than I do with my road position. It's worked, I'm more flexible than I was. Previously I raced less and concentrated on position more when doing endurance rides, I would ride quite a bit (30-40%) on aerobars in a semi-tuck. That also helped quite a bit with my position/flexibility too but sometimes would get a bad back/shoulder a few days after a longer session. So when stepping up my racing (and dropping the endurance riding) this year through lockdown I'd got a little less flexible and wanted to bring it back.
I've found it very easy to play around with position when indoors (and I don't just mean while you're riding)! I've found myself generally riding more sat up, but then I'll suffer with saddle sores more when doing a longer session (I'm guessing I'm less conscious of sitting heavily as I'm distracted), but I can equally ride quite tucked, skipping the sores and only slightly less comfort. For me getting myself to rest more weight on my arms (as I do on the road) is key to my comfort. I'll probably get more into endurance riding again over winter, so will be back on the aerobars more, but that's mostly again and easy way to keep weight on my arms, pressure off the saddle to reduce soreness on longer rides (change of position on saddle obviously helps a huge amount). I may need to reduce the bar drop then.