Rouvy Could Be the Perfect Way to Train for Ironman Races, Except for One Big Flaw

Last year, TrainerRoad launched its integration with Zwift, and that’s how I’ve been doing all of my indoor structured cycling workouts ever since. As I wrote at the time, TrainerRoad has been my favorite training app since I got into cycling and triathlons—I love its data-science-based approach to training plans, and I’m still seeing improvements after all these years. Executing the workouts in Zwift made it even better for me; Zwift’s visual engagement and gamification made my workouts more enjoyable than just staring at a graph, and as a result my training plan compliance improved. That said, I’ve been curious about Rouvy for a while. Last year, Rouvy acquired FulGaz and took over as the “Official Digital Sports Platform” for the Ironman and Ironman 70.3 series. The announcement promised access to numerous Ironman and Ironman 70.3 courses on Rouvy, to “help riders build muscle memory of routes in advance to give them a vital race-day edge.” The missing piece was being able to bring…