so in the bologna TDZ running race, i set my incline on my treadmill to match the final climb, and everyone ran right by me as i slowed down to match the 10% grade. am i stupid? are they cheaters? what is the point of even racing if it is completely unfair? ideally incline should be controlled by zwift the same way a smart trainer works, but that is probably years away from a manufacturers standpoint. for now, i could see 3 options:
- leave all the races flat (boring boring boring)
- use a grade adjusted pace system like strava has for the hills. so if you are running up a virtual 10% grade and doing 7 min/miles on a flat treadmill, then zwift corrects your speed to 9 min/miles (or whatever the math actually works out to) The UI should show both paces, your true treadmill speed, and the grade adjusted virtual speed. this seems like the easiest temporary option
- simplify or average the incline numbers so that for each hill you change (on treadmill control panel) incline only once per hill (way too hard to try and actually follow the moving incline numbers while running) races would have to be on the honor system that people are doing this, maybe DQâd like zwiftpower.com if pace,HR and cadence arenât changing accordingly. also making incline more obvious on the UI, and distance in feet/meters until the next incline change. this seems like the harder option, but it is kinda the way it is now