So just wanted to add a bit of an update/conclusion. I entered my first Virtual Race on Friday with a weight of 76kg and an FTP of 251 and came in 47/70.
While it was fun, it was also competitive. I mean sure there were “suspicious” w/kgs being displayed at the front of the race, but I never expected to be at that end of things anyways. As per last season’s CX races IRL, in the last third there were other like me, others who enjoy the race for what it is.
Which made me realise - there are those who love to win, and those who love to compete, and those two things are not necessarily the same.
Would I do it again - yes- definitely - it compliments my training which didn’t really have a purpose before, and I’d love it if any other TR users in roughly the same timezone fancied a semi-regular race night.