SweatFest Winter Race Series. Wednesdays evenings across four North American time zones. This event consists of a 4 week pre-season in November followed by an early winter 8 week season Dec-Jan and a late winter 8 week season Feb-Mar. Anyone can enter to race at any time, but you must register (for free) ahead of time to be included in the series standings.

This series was created by the Washington State Bicycle Association serving WA, OR, and North ID. We encourage you to join the WSBA, http://www.wsbaracingOpens a new window. org/, or your local bike racing association is in your region. Everyone is welcome for participation but you need to join to win. Results will be by gender and category. We have recommended w/kg ranges for each group to help you find the appropriate field for enjoyable racing. The results format for the series will be points driven. Visit the FB page for a link to deeper details. Links for Facebook, Discord, and Registration for the series are below.
Pre-season: 11/7/18 to 11/28/18
Official Race Series: Season One 12/5/18 - 1/23/19, Season Two 1/30/19 - 3/20/19

Courses: Will vary each week and generally be 45 minutes to 1 hour with more climbing and miles building up as we progress through the series
Groups:
A: 3.7 to 5 w/kg
B: 2.9 to 3.6
C: 2.2 to 2.8
D: 0 to 2.1

List your Category after your name i.e. John Doe (B)
Power Ups: Okay
Bike: No TT
Jersey: Your choice
(Here’s a new invite link: https://discord.gg/zd7jVzZOpens a new window
Discord Voice Chat: https://discordapp.com/invite/JxHzNJOpens a new window Select Sweatfest Zwifters and click on the channel for the time zone you want to join.


Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Opens a new window groups/132629184105216/

Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/cXhcVkjbyaoZjFLb2Opens a new window

Scoring:
The placing is based on only racers that are registered for the series. A racer that drops in will not be included in placing points nor take a position so that place will fall to the next registered finisher.
Racers must pre-register before the event to be considered in results. Each season, is the best 7 of 8 so you can miss or will drop one result. For final season results you must be a member of your local regional association (WSBA) to be considered.
There are no w/kg limits, they are offered as a guideline to help you identify a field. Every two weeks we will promote the top 10% of racers and offer a downgrade to the bottom 10%. Notices go out by email. Your job is to get the most points possible, higher categories earn more points and winning the category below earns you roughly half the next higher category result. Move up, earn more points. The points table will be published on FB and the pre-season results sheet
In order to make the racing as fair as possible all racers on zPower, lacking heart rate monitors, lacking a strava account linked to their zwiftpower profile, or riding very unrealistically won't be included in the official series results. Officials will determine whether a result is legitimate, or not.
Questions about WSBA email Gina Kavesh gkavesh@gmail.com
Questions about race results email Travis Dougan travisdougan@hotmail. com

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