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@robbo1234biking no worries about the workouts, we can pick them up after Christmas, I'm not sure of my riding plans yet over this period and it will be ad hoc. I'll be joining races and rides as I can, on a day by day basis.
Send me an invite too DrP, just in case I can make it
No worries @robbo1234biking. It's hard trying to juggle commitments at this time of year.
This may be ambitious but I wondered whether there was any interest in a 'social' group ride sometime over Christmas? Couple of hours, easy paced, no stress, burn off a few mince pies and get a few km's in for those doing the Rapha 500? I'm thinking morning (but not early!) on 30th or 31st?
I'm happy Slow yeah, for me some of this meetup seems to have lost the plot a bit and gone almost as nuts as the TTT stuff. I'm all for some serious Zwift action, but not all day every day, sometimes i just want a bit of a ride, bit of a chat, bit of a laugh.
Sat i did a ride with mates on Zwift, 10am and had beers on the go, was some up, down, up, flat, i was dragging the lads around and playing on the hills, we were chatting on Zoom and the pace wasn't important.
Invites gone out... @weeksy ... I'll aim to keep the pace rolling but 'smart casual' on Xmas eve! No heroics etc etc!
I'll be in (likely) day 4 of a boozy stupor at this point!
DrP
8am is a bit early for a social drink whilst we ride isn't it?
We're supposed to be meeting in laws for a walk at some point. I'm wholly unsure what time, however as there are small children involved there's every chance they'll think 10am is a reasonable time to do things on a day off so I may need to bail out early.
@slowpuncheur send out an invite cos I'll be zwifting during the holidays and will join where I can. I'm definitely up for banter group rides.
In fact, if anyone is thinking of doing some possible meetup rides over the break, send out invites please!
@weeksy that’s the good thing about Zwift can be whatever you want it to be! I just have a target in my head to finish the routes this year. I haven’t achieved many other cycling goals this year so will be nice to finish in one. I normally go down to Stroud for the Jennride first weekend of Jan but that isn’t going to happen this year.
I have accepted DrP - can likely stay for an hour before I have to get showered and ready to go out! Everything I do is going to be at a slow pace.
8am is a bit early for a social drink whilst we ride isn’t it?
MAybe in your world it's early 🙂 I'll have my Xmas jumper on for the first 1km too 🙂
oopnorth
Thanks for this morning @robbo1234biking and @stumpy01, felt quite good once we got into it, a good start to the day.
Yeah, I actually enjoyed this morning! It was a 'nice' effort level & duration.
@oopnorth @stunpy01 yes same recovery workout tomorrow. I won’t be doing workouts next week (due to festive 500) but I can send you the next workouts in the progression if you want to fit then in?
I could well be up for that Robbo, if you don't mind mailing them over? I can't see myself getting up quite so early but will endeavour to do them!
If there's a liking for a more 'social' time, we can do that. I'll see what the consensus is and set something up. I'll also post it on the new Race Series page if Robbo doesn't mind. I'm with @weeksy - a wee snifter in the mornings is one of the pleasures of Christmas surely;)
No problem @slowpuncheur might draw some attention to it anyway and give a bump! Might have a celebratory shandy on New Year’s Eve for a social meet up!
So on the 32nd December? 😉
So on the 32nd December? 😉
I hadn't even been drinking last night!
Be empty roads on the 29th for the PRL full will it not? Nae ride-ons.
Thats a good point - for those that want to do the PRL Full does the 28th work better (@slowpuncheur @oopnorth)? That is a guest world then so will be a bit busier. Not to worried about ride ons but having a few people to hitch a ride on might be helpful!
The "ride with" option on the front screen worked perfectly for me the other day @robbo1234biking. It is a good way to tag along for part of a longer ride other that the start. It dropped me straight into the group (*), I could see you all highlighted (because I follow you I think) on the minimap, and I didn't need to do any navigation at all, it just led me along the same roads as you at all the junctions. The only limitation was that I couldn't see your meetup chat and you couldn't see my chat in the meetup, so discord was necessary for that.
(*) I disappeared immediately off the back, so quick you might not even have realised I was there to start with, and had to chase back on for a few minutes, but that was because the cat jumped on my keyboard which isn't exactly zwift's fault.
Just set it up for which day you want Robbo, I am not 100% that I will be doing it anyway so I don't want to dictate the time or date. I'll just join if I can.
I think Kirky saw that you were with us and dropped off straight away - didn't realise it was a cat related issue but that is a new one to contend with!
I will what slowpuncheur preference is then for that one 🙂
MAybe in your world it’s early 🙂 I’ll have my Xmas jumper on for the first 1km too
a wee snifter in the mornings is one of the pleasures of Christmas surely;)
But, as we are all well aware, "a wee snifter" or a "quick half" is just deluding your self about the fact you're going to drink your self to near death then roll in at 4am with kebab smeared down your shirt and hope your significant other won't have noticed and assume you're ill not hungover to within an inch of vomiting every time you move and are therefore deserving of sympathy when you do finally wake up.
Starting that at 8am will ruin everything. For starters there's no way on earth I'm having donner for lunch without getting divorced.
Let me check my busy Christmas diary...:)
Nope. Nothing. Let's do 28th then. I thought the discord alternative worked OK last week.
BTW I burnt off nearly 3500 calories on the Uber which rather depressingly is only about 12 mince pies. I'll have plenty of fuelling options for next week though.
ignore me..
Starting that at 8am will ruin everything. For starters there’s no way on earth I’m having donner for lunch without getting divorced.
Just gradually change the clocks over the next week so she thinks 8am is 8pm and therefore it is OK?
...assume you’re ill not hungover to within an inch of vomiting every time you move and are therefore deserving of sympathy when you do finally wake up
Exercise induced dehydration can do that to a person.
I want to get the PRL ticked and defo want to ride it in a group, but have a cross race on the 28, so can't do round that time. Prob new year for me.
I’ll likely join for the first part.
Im still not that “conditioned” to sitting on an non moving bike. On the other hand I’ve just put my back out so not really conditioned for anything,
Hi Robbo will join you for a bit on the 29th and signed up for the 500, cheers for the invite Dr P but unfortunately have to work Xmas eve for a few hours.
cheers
Neil
have a good Xmas all.
Anyone planning on doing some rides in the evenings? I'm going to do the Festive 500 but I'm 7 hours behind UK time. So the early mornings are probably not great! Not sure if Mrs. 10 will feel happy about me starting a ride at 11pm!
So if the PRL is the 28th I may be able to join for 2-3 hrs. If it’s the 29th, then work gets in the way again! 😢
Sorry gents 28th fine with me don’t know why I said 29th.
My lad wants jump fun tomorrow. Nothing like Xmas Eve in A&E. Will see what time we're heading before deciding on the 8am.
I’ll try to be of some assistance @slowpuncheur, definitely be the latter part of the ride, I’m not getting up at 0630 on a Bank Holiday for no one 😂
Could you chuck me an invite for the 28th if that’s the PRL date, I am may join for a few laps or none but would like the option. Thanks
@robbo1234biking thanks for that, hopefully see you there are you using companion app chat or discord. I’d need to sort discord as don’t think I have it on the device on my bike.
Robbo, do we need another link for discord for those joining later ?
@forge197 link below should work for discord but if you don’t get a chance to sort it by then I can post up a fresh one.
@neilarn2 this is the same room as the last ride - it has just been renamed so you should already have access.
We can use the same method as last time - Zwift companion for the early starters and then if anyone joins later on the ride switch over to discord for chatting. Seemed to work well enough if anyone joins us for a lamp.
Cheers.
Thanks @robbo1234biking I’ll look to sort that at the weekend so I can use that if need be too on Monday.
Not gonna make the ride tomorrow morning.
First day off work and don't think it'll go down too well if I nip off to the garage for a Zwift session!
Well i'm up and about and no plans, so i'll certainly jump on.
I'm not sure my pace is up to what you lads will want to play at, so i'll come on and see what happens to begin with 🙂 the rest is anyones guess.
morning Weeksy!
It's a pretty flat route, with a few climbs only...
It starts flat, so plenty of time for us to train along...
Pace will be group pace 🙂
See you ina bit..
DrP
Sorry guys, I decided with it being my first day off work that I would play alarm bingo...not set it and see what time I woke up. Well that was 5 minutes ago so no time to get ready and join in time for the start.
Plenty more time to ride in the coming week so I'll see you at some point...enjoy!
Honestly... who/ how can I complain about zwift to!
Yesterday..all 100% fine..
Today.. no BT connectivity.. in pc or companion app....
I KNOW it's not the hr/turbo/pm... its f3cking zwift!
Jeesh... soooo annoying...
DrP