For this year's winter Zwift season on Thursday nights, we are trying a new format, and participating in the WTRL Team Time Trial. This is one of the largest racing series on Zwift, with hundreds of teams competing every week, on a variety of courses.

Teams consist of between three and eight riders, and can be mixed-gender, with mixed ability levels. We can enter multiple teams if we have more than eight riders interested in participating in a given week. All riders on the team ride together, alternating pulls, with a goal of achieving the fastest possible time. Races are on Thursday nights at 7PM Eastern, and usually last between 30 and 45 minutes.

To participate, you need to take the one-time step of creating a free account at WTRL. Once your account is set up, there will be a sign-up link posted each week, which you will click in order to register for that week's event. Then you just show up in Zwift and enter the event as usual, and you will be placed on the starting line with other riders on the team. We use Discord for voice communication during the race, which is super-important in a TTT to coordinate pulls and race strategy. You can access our Discord channel here (https://is.gd/nccdiscord).

Our first week's race will be on Thursday October 23 at 7PM Eastern, on the Greater London 8 course in London. This is a challenging 15-mile course, featuring a downtown loop, a climb up Box Hill, a descent, and a finish back on the flat roads downtown. The sign-up link is here. (https://www.wtrl.racing/RacePass/Yk1lckh1Z2RZSFpkRWROdVZqSEZaeWNtVFkxTElCWVF6UmJWR012dE50ST0=)

If you have any questions about participating, feel free to post here or email me at jonathan.okeeffe@gmail.com.