 Hello Zwifters, welcome to another episode of how to run on Zwift and today we are talking about the brand-new Zwift running League So as you may already know, we now have a brand new running event on Zwift It's called the Zwift running League This is in addition to the Zwift racing series, which we have every month We now have this running League organized by WTRL They're responsible for the Zwift racing League in cycling and the Duathlon League, both of which have been very successful So WTRL do know what they're doing Now the Zwift running League is a team event So the first thing you need to do is find yourself a team The teams consist of three or four members So maximum of four and a minimum of three members What you do is you go to the WTRL website Which is WTRL dot racing WTRL dot racing and there you need to register your team Each person needs to register individually But you put your team name down and then WTRL will know what team you're in and will be able to assign your results to that team Now when choosing the members of your team, you need to think very carefully about pace There are on the WTRL website five classes of pace So the fastest being class one then class two three four and five all going slower and slower Then there are also city groups. So Atlanta, Helsinki, Munich, Rome and Sydney Now depending on the class the speed that you're going to run at you will join a particular city group So if your fast runners are class one, then you will join the Atlanta team group So when choosing the members of your team, you do have a little bit of flexibility Your runners don't all need to be from the same speed class You can have one runner from a class above and you can have a runner from a class below You have to have at least two runners who are in the speed class of the city group that you are running in So for example, if you are going to run in the city group Helsinki Then you need at least two runners who are class two runners You can have one runner who is a class one runner and you could in theory have one runner who is a class three runner Example again, you can have runners in Rome. So you would have at least two runners who are class four runners But you could have one runner who is a class three runner and one runner who is a class five runner I hope that makes sense Do go and look at the WTRL website and read all the information there. There's quite a lot to read There's quite a lot of information to take in just make sure when you sign up you sign up correctly Once you've sorted out the members of your team and you've registered your team with the WTRL website Then you need to go and make sure that all your team members are also signed up to Zwift Power That's ZwiftPower.com used to be a third party app. It's now integrated into Zwift But you still need to sign up at ZwiftPower.com and make sure that WTRL are able to access your data for the results The league is going to operate over six weeks every Friday So every Friday we will race and each week will alternate between a points-based individual race and a team relay We will start on April the 16th Friday April the 16th 2021 with a points race You can have four runners if there are four runners in your team But only three will count in the event of a tie break then the fourth runner may come into play So you can have three or four runners each one will run the full distance of the race And depending on which position you finish in that's how many points you get So if you finish in second you will get two points if you finish in sixth You will get six points each runner gets the points based on their finishing position Each week the distances of the races will be different so it's not going to be the same distance every week The following week we will do a team relay. This will consist of a six kilometer run Three runners involved each runner does two kilometers and then hands over to the next runner When you start you will all be on the same start line The first runner will go and complete two kilometers now as a team you will need to coordinate when your second runner and your third runner start There will be penalties if runners cross the start line before they are due to run So you need to have some way of communicating with each other either with a zoom call or discord Which is another third-party app you can use to talk to the other runners in your team If you want to you can have your fourth team member on the start line in case any of your other runners have any technical problems But none of your runners must cross that start line until they are due to go The Zwift running league will be divided into six separate leagues and each league will start at a different time So the leagues are asia Europe east europe west america east america west and oceania You can race in any of those leagues, but they start at particular times So you need to look at the schedule on the w trl website to work out what time is best for your team to start You might have a runner in america and you might have a runner in europe So you need to work out between you which time zone. So which league you are going to run in Now there are no prizes for the Zwift running league simply bragging rights over the teams you've beaten There's also no requirement to have a heart rate monitor for example, although you do need to have cadence cadence Some treadnils transmit cadence Otherwise use a foot pod to transmit cadence into Zwift Another really important thing to mention is that you do not sign up for the races on the Zwift companion app Or the Zwift events page You need to wait for an email to arrive from w trl. It will have a coded link Click that link to sign up for the race that you want to do There's no other way to do it because w trl won't be able to get your results Won't be able to verify that you are in the team that you say you're in If you don't click on the right link you can't simply go to the Zwift companion app and sign up for one of the races So make sure that you wait for an email to arrive With the coded link to click on to sign up for the particular race that you and your team want to participate in And I think that's all the information I've got for you. If I've missed anything out I do apologize. Please do go and read the w trl information on their website That has absolutely everything you need to know. I think I've covered most things for you But if not, I do apologize Like I said, please do read the website and that's it So I really hope you enjoy taking part in the Zwift running league starting on april 16th 2021 every friday for six weeks Enjoy it. It's going to be a lot of fun. Take care. We'll see you for another how to run a Zwift very soon. Bye. Bye