I have been using Zwift for the past 2 years and have made good progress on my cycling fitness. I currently do one endurance ride a year but am trying to decide if I want to do multiple per year. Each of these would be considered Gran Fondo with 100+ miles and over 8,000 Ft of climb. The biggest thi…

Anyone that’s using it for racing is using it to “not suffer as much” in racing. Any of those gains for racing will help in your endurance rides. It’s only “overkill” if you make it that way. I imagine a large portion of TR users aren’t racers. I’d also imagine an even larger portion of those user…

Help choosing plan for non-racer How many people train but don't race (or do 'timed' events) Advice welcome re. being new to TR, but not being a "racer"! TR for health and fitness riders? Is winter base period relevant for non-racers TR for the non-racer?

I’ve been using TR for almost five years, and really not for racing, but for keeping fit and at one time being able to keep up with my friends on group rides. Actually, I started because of injury. A broken collarbone, and buying a smart trainer to get back into riding and not losing fitness durin…

I use TR although I don’t race. I’m able ride at the same pace with less effort and fatigue. I’m also able to ride faster than before with the same level of effort and fatigue. There’s nothing wrong with getting stronger even though we don’t compete with others.

[image] DingleTower: I’d also imagine an even larger portion of those users “race” but only for PBs or fun… Not to be at the pointy end. I am so far from the pointy end of every race I do but I still like getting personally faster. TR is brilliant even without a racing goal (plan building is …

It would be interesting to see the stats regarding how many of the TR community actually ‘race’; I suspect that they are in the minority. I have been using TR for three or four years now and certainly do not ‘race’. I do have target events that I want to do, whether they be a sportive / fondo type…

I haven’t done a true race in probably more than a decade. I will occasionally do a Fondo or a group ride. I ride road, gravel, and mtb, frequently solo. I use TR to keep myself fit on the bike so that I can hang on those group rides, suffer less on those epic Fondo type days, and have more fun whe…

[image] RideIowa: With that said, do you think TrainerRoad is “overkill” for those of us just looking to not suffer as much on long endurance rides or is TrainerRoad really meant for those looking to race? I may be overthinking this It really just comes down to what you want to do and what y…

[image] AJS914: They package it all up for you and make it easy especially if you ride indoors a lot. That is part of why I’ve stuck with it. I could run a ramp test on my head unit and make a few workouts for each zone from a bit of reading but tbh I have a technical day job and at times I’m…

[image] Pbase: The TR plans are far superior to the Zwift ones. The problem you may run into is that with Zwift, there’s an entertainment factor in being able to chase the person in front of you, see a simulated hill or vista, etc., which can make time go by much faster. This

Should I use TrainerRoad if I'm not racing?

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mcneese.chad May 7, 2023, 1:18pm 3

Help choosing plan for non-racer
How many people train but don't race (or do 'timed' events)
Advice welcome re. being new to TR, but not being a "racer"!
TR for health and fitness riders?
Is winter base period relevant for non-racers
TR for the non-racer?

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