ABOUT THE FEBRUARY ZWIFT FONDO TRAINING PLAN

Planning on joining the next Zwift Fondo on February 18th? We've created a training plan to prepare you for the big day. We will have three workouts a week - two interval workouts tailored towards everyone of about 50min each during the week in multiple time slots and a long ride tailored to each distance of the Fondo - Gran, Medio, and Bambino - on the weekend.

ABOUT THIS WORKOUT

Week 3 - Workout 3: This is the third workout of Week 3 in our group workout training plan for February's Zwift Fondo. This long ride is tailored to to riders of each specific Fondo distance - Gran, Medio, and Bambino - with a focus on fitness over the sustained climbs.

We will use the ABC designations to specify the distance/duration of each workout for subgroups, but all workouts are open to people of all abilities.

Warm-up to 50% -> 85%
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10x2min @ 85% / 2min @ 55% (Gran & Medio)
5x2min @ 85% / 2min @ 55% (Bambino)
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5min @ 55%
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3x20min @ 85% / 10min @ 65% (Gran)
2x20min @ 85% / 10min @ 65% (Medio)
25min @ 85% / 10min @ 65% / 15min @ 85% (Bambino)
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Cool-down 10min 65% -> 50%

(A) Gran: 2:30
(B) Medio: 2:00
(C) Bambino: 1:40

ABOUT GROUP WORKOUTS

Zwifters line up in the starting area just like a normal event and once the event starts, workout mode begins. Everyone stays together regardless of power output. That's right, if you're outputting 100W and another Zwifter is outputting 400W you will stay in exactly the same position relative to each other. Only if you stop pedaling and fall 6 meters behind the group will the rubber-banding stop.

HELPFUL HINT

We highly recommend doing one of the FTP tests as the estimated FTP can be inaccurate and make the difficulty level of the workouts too high for your current fitness level.

For more info on FTP go to: https://support.zwift.com/hc/en-us/articles/210208083-What-is-FTP-and-how-is-it-used-in-ZwiftOpens a new window