Cycling

  1. TrainerRoad Launches Zwift Integration: Here’s How It Works

    I’ve been using TrainerRoad for all my cycling training, with great results, since even before I got into triathlons. I love the training plans and all the machine learning magic they apply to them, but doing long workouts indoors while looking at nothing more than a graph and some numbers is mentally challenging, to say the least. Or as a certain cyclist would say: “It builds character.”

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  2. Best Bike Split now integrates directly with Zwift. I don’t think it was widely announced except on the Zwift forum, but cool nonetheless, since you can now send Best Bike Split race plans to Zwift as a workout so you can practice your pacing plan there. I’m still waiting for TrainerRoad to ship their own Zwift integration, but I think this fun St. George race simulation will keep me entertained in the meantime.

    A Zwift workout screen displaying a "Best Bike Split: Ironman 70.3 St. George" workout, with details such as a duration of 164 minutes, a 5/5 effort rating, and a Training Stress Score (TSS) of 169. The workout is based on my Ironman 70.3 St. George BBS model and includes a short 6-minute warmup. The graphical breakdown shows percentages for Zone 1 (12%), Zone 2 (47%), Zone 3 (27%), Zone 4 (11%), Zone 5 (0%), and Zone 6 (3%).