Watts Up in Watopia: Zwift Club Notifications

Do you run or participate in a Zwift club on the Companion App? Up until the app update this week, you had to remind your club members of an event through other channels.

Locally here in Buffalo, New York, the Buffalo Bicycling Club (BBC) has resorted to using a Facebook Group to remind members about their Sunday 9am club ride on Zwift. We were not accustomed to regularly checking the Club page on the Companion App for the ride details.

Now, the Companion App sends out a notification any time someone comments in the Chat or posts an Event. This will no doubt increase the likelihood of someone clicking on the Event and joining after receiving the notification.

Of course, if you do not need yet another notification in your digital life, you can turn them off in the settings.

As the weather warms up in Western New York, our Sunday Zwift ride may be headed outdoors. However, it’s nice to have the option to hold the ride on Zwift in case of rain or wintry mix!

Here’s what we have planned for this week's Slowtwitch rides.

Guest World Schedule

Here’s this week’s guest worlds, so you can plan to earn some of the route badges you are missing:

Monday: Innsbruck & Richmond
Tuesday: London & Yorkshire
Wednesday: London & Yorkshire
Thursday: Yorkshire & Innsbruck
Friday: France & Paris
Saturday: France & Paris
Sunday: Richmond & London

Slowtwich Indoors Event Preview (All Times Eastern)

Go to Zwift Events to sign up for these rides and runs.

Monday 100/100 Group Run, 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM
Join us for a group run on the virtual track of May Field that will kick start your week. Join others who are working on the Slowtwitch challenge of 100 runs of 3 miles or 30 minutes in 100 days. Don’t forget that each of the five ride workouts and five run workouts have a short and long option. Rather than canceling a workout when you are crunched for time, you can complete the short version and still reap the benefits of the program.

Tuesday Ride of the Valkryies Workout (Women Only), 6:00 AM
This event is by and for women. It’s an almost no-drop, rubber-banded Structured Training workout, featuring a warm-up, set of intervals, and a cool-down.

Tuesday Structured Training, 7:00 PM
Our Tuesday ride features triathlon-focused cycling workouts written by coaches and pro athletes affiliated with Slowtwitch. The workouts last 60 minutes and will help add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule.

Wednesday Group Run, 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM
A more scenic group run on the Quatch Quest course. This is another opportunity to join others who are working on the Slowtwitch challenge of 100 runs of 3 miles or 30 minutes in 100 days.

Thursday Rise & Grind, 5:35 AM
This workout is an early morning bracer for the East Coast crowd. This week’s workout is A Little Bit of Everything

Thursday SWIFT Ride, 6:55 PM
The newest ride to the Slowtwitch Indoors family, Slowtwitch SWIFT (Strong Women, It's Fun Together!) is here to bring another women's only ride to a slightly friendlier time slot. This ride will focus slightly more on strength-based work so bring those climbing legs. But even if you're feeling more like Mark Cavendish in the mountains of the Tour de France, so long as you keep the pedals moving, you'll stay with our group. This week’s workout is A Little Bit of Everything.

Friday Festina Lente, 9:00 AM
This structured training workout is designed to get you geared up for the weekend. Roughly translated as “make haste, slowly,” Festina Lente features a workout that will get your engine running but still leave some in the tank for the big rides and races you have planned for the weekend. This ride is led by members of the Kanberra Cycling Team as lead beacon. This week’s workout is A Little Bit of Everything.

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