The 2020 UCI World Gran Fondo Championships from Vancouver to Whistler has been cancelled, disappointing riders of all ages. BUT! Inspired by the FulGaz app we can still ride the "Sea to Sky Highway" on indoor trainers and compare our results with those posted during the 2019 event in Canada. On the week of September 7, 2020 we will be riding the FulGaz "Whistler Gran Fondo Complete" course in [as many as] 6 days/stages. Riders placing in the top 20 places (or top 20%) in each category will receive a "valuable" prize!
Training for the Gran Fondo has begun with our group on Tuesday and Thursday at 4pm communicating via the DISCORD audio conferencing app and using the FulGaz riding app on the Whistler Gran Fondo Complete course. Since everyone cannot make it those days I have made some general recommendations (noted in following posts in this blog). As they say in the Great White North: "take off eah" and let's get fit to tackle the 75 mile course climbing over 6000 feet!
In order to join the FulGaz group on Tue/Thr you will need to*:
- Have a FulGaz account
- Download or save as a favorite The Whistler Gran Fondo Complete course.
- Move the week's workout file from ZWIFT to FulGaz (option but don’t fret if you can’t pull it off - it’s really cool though)_
- Learn how to pause the ride when the session is over so you may begin the next session in the same place.
These links should prove helpful:
Copying workout files from ZWIFT to FulGaz
https://youtu.be/plMBPJMs_NA
Setting up, starting, and restarting The Whistler Gran Fondo Complete on FulGaz
https://youtu.be/X-iwUJOiIBY
GCN Whistler Gran Fondo Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSN5fhS9B-o