Since it’s winter in Connecticut, and bitterly cold outside, we’re re-starting the HEAT virtual group rides on www.zwift.com that we’ve held for the past few winters.

Chris Eckett will host weekly rides on Wednesday mornings at 6:30am, starting January 15th. We’ll hold these club rides with the banding or “Keep Everyone Together” feature in Zwift. So all different ride speeds are welcome. If you want to join the ride, you need to have a Zwift account and be a HEAT club member in Zwift. Those who are already club members should see the first ride invite in their Zwift companion app. Hope to see a bunch of you next Wednesday!

If you’re not currently a HEAT club member on Zwift, go to the Clubs tab in the Zwift companion app, search for Hartford Extended Area Triathletes, and request to join.

We’ll use the HEAT channel on Discord for chatting during the rides. If you want to join, but aren’t currently a member of the Discord channel, send a note to Chris Eckett, eckettc@gmail.com, to ask for an invite.

Tips:

• Please search for and follow “Chris Eckett (Sonic/HEAT)” in Zwift to receive meetup invites.
• Be sure to “accept” the meetup invites in the Zwift Companion app.
• Please use a road bike for your in game avatar in Zwift. This can be changed in Zwift. When you are stopped, hit the “menu” button, select the garage icon, then bike icon. In game road bikes are better for meetups (it doesn’t matter what you’re actually riding on your trainer).
• Please add “(HEAT)” to your username, this can be updated in the Zwift Companion app. It can be added to your last name. This makes it easier for event organizers to send you meetup invites and will help us in the future.
• It can take a few minutes for Zwift to update and load, if there’s a new software update (which happens a lot), so please be sure to login 5-10 minutes before the ride start time.