EVENTS

**DIRT Sprint into the Weekend**

This weekly 45 min ride will provide riders of all levels an opportunity to practise sprinting in a fun, friendly environment without fatiguing your legs too much before the weekend.

We will start out at 2.5w/kg, and this will be our cruising pace when not sprinting. For each sprint, our aim is to sprint as a group, and to go as fast as possible through the sprint before regrouping. The goal is to help each other learn the art of sprinting, and to have some fun. We will experiment with forming lead-outs and drafting at speed and will practise high or low cadence sprints and different tactics. We will talk about what worked or not during the ride, and high levels of communications are essential. Please bring your best banter and come prepared to share your thoughts and tips.

Immediately after each sprint, we will use the fence to encourage the group to reform and will ask everyone to soft pedal at around 1 w/kg for approx 60 seconds to allow the group to reform. A big group is a fast group, and staying together as a group provides maximum draft and is an important part of keeping sprint speeds high.

Please note that sprinting on every lap is optional and most of the sprints are fairly short. However, if not sprinting you may need to either put in a short burst, or position yourself towards the front of the group to avoid being dropped by the group.

The DIRT Sprintapalooza format is well known and respected across the Zwift cycling community. This sprint training session replicates that at a time which is targeted towards UK and European timezones for riders wanting to sprint into the weekend. It also makes a nice Friday evening ride for those a few hours ahead, or a perfect lunchtime ride for East Coast US riders.

Please join us to Sprint into the Weekend every week at 5:15pm UK time.