Doing Zwift races during TR training plan

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I did my first ever Zwift race today and really enjoyed it. Just 40 mins and was placed in a too-easy category for my first time, but still…

Am wondering what’s the best way to integrate Zwift races during a running TR training plan. Am currently doing an FTP Increase plan with no real event in mind, just get fitter for spring. My priority is the TR plan, but the occasional virtual race is a nice bit of variety, like once or twice a month.

Any recommendations for how best to combine them without compromising my TR plan?

eddie 2

If you do them regularly, you can now schedule them into your training plan.

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If you’re more of an occasional racer, then I’d probably just replace one of your hard workouts with that race. Don’t try to add a race effort to an already full week. :sweat_smile:

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Thanks! That helps!

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Hi @eddie

Just have an additional question in regards to this hope its fine I bump this post here. If you create a Training plan and add a weekly zwift race is the plan builder smart enough to replace what type or workout a zwift race normally fits?

eg. If I have 3 hard intervals per week. Mon = 1h vo2Max, Wed = 1h Threshold/OU, Fri = 90min SS

If I choose to replace Monday, will it just never make me do a vo2max workout in my plan or will it move that v02max to another day sometimes to make sure I get all the stimulus I need? Similar for the other days of course?

Thanks

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As of now, we don’t move around your workouts.

That’s something that we might offer down the road, though. :detective:

So, whichever workout type you replace with Zwift races is the one you’ll lose in training.

You can still manipulate your plan to accommodate your choices, though; just swap whichever workout type that you want to replace to the day that you’re putting your Zwift races.

Let me know if this makes sense.

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Ok thanks sir :+1: