This text should have appeared a year ago, when the first quarantine happened. But in March 2020, everyone thought that COVID-19 would last until mid-summer at the most; and it makes no sense to dive deeply into "indoor training". To endure a couple of months, and that's enough. Now, perhaps, on the contrary, it is already late - but better late than never!
The text does not claim to be any kind of revelation. Only among my friends, the first Zwift-cyclist appeared four years ago, and the first Zwift-runner - in April 2020. That is, I was definitely late with the innovation.
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“I’ve widely considered myself to be an outdoor runner and never really enjoyed running on a treadmill. But this app has made the experience more enjoyable and I do see a lot of advantages.”
“Yes, I just ran in Zwift. For real. On purpose. And somehow, someway… it didn’t suck this time.”
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I kept running because there were specific goals; but I did not get pleasure from such a run. Desires "maybe we'll run for another ten minutes?" did not arise.
Now, with Zwift, I (yet?) Don't feel the psychological fatigue of distance. Maybe in the future it will appear, but so far it will not. The presence, albeit virtual, of the world that you touch with your feet and physically feel it, helps a lot.
Well, let's be honest, I really like that the Zwift running direction, unlike the cycling one, is free. I doubt it will always be this way, but this is how it has worked for the past three years. In the meantime, it works - you need to use it!